RING SPOT Definition & Meaning

ring spot

noun

Plant Pathology.

any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.

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Origin of ring spot¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Viral genes have been used to protect papaya plants against the ring spot virus, for example, with no sign of resistance evolving in over a decade of use in Hawaii.

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