(urban studies) Urban decay consisting of the deterioration of part of a town or city due to ageing, neglect, and lack of financial support for maintenance.

(phytopathology) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.

plural of fire blight

(phytopathology) a blight afflicting the seed heads or inflorescences of cereal crops

(phytopathology) An infection of tea plants, caused by the fungus Exobasidium vexans, characterized by blister-like lesions on the leaves.

Synonym of fire blight

(phytopathology) A devastating disease of potatoes caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.

urban blight caused by negative environmental effects

(phytopathology) A bacterial disease of bean plants, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

(phytopathology) A disease of tomato and potato plants caused by the fungus Alternaria solani, producing distinctive bullseye-patterned leaf spots, stem lesions, fruit rot on tomato and tuber blight on potato.