(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

urban blight caused by negative environmental effects

(Australia) A type of severe conjunctivitis characterised by granular follicles, common in dry areas.

Synonym of fire blight

(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.

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

A disease of the American chestnut tree, mainly caused by the pathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica.

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