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Specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism
Blight is a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. Blight is a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then
Blight
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up blight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blight is a symptom affecting plants in response to infection. Blight may also refer to: Blight or urban
Blight_(disambiguation)
Species of single-celled organism
disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight". Late blight was a major culprit
Phytophthora_infestans
Species of chestnut tree
blight, a fungal disease that came from Japanese chestnut trees that were introduced into North America from Japan. It is estimated that the blight killed
American_chestnut
Disease of some Rosaceae trees (especially apples and pears) caused by Erwinia amylovora
Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae. It is a serious concern
Fire_blight
Australian rules footballer (born 1950)
Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in
Malcolm_Blight
Fungal plant disease
stem blight is a cucurbit-rot disease caused by the fungal plant pathogen Didymella bryoniae (anamorph Phoma cucurbitacearum). Gummy stem blight can affect
Gummy_stem_blight
Fungus disease of chestnut trees
survive a blight infection. The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and American chinquapin (Castanea pumila) are highly susceptible to chestnut blight. The
Chestnut_blight
American historian (born 1949)
David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and director of the Gilder
David_W._Blight
Surname list
Blight is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: David W. Blight (born 1949), American historian Digby Blight (born 1931), former
Blight_(surname)
Fungal disease affecting boxwoods
Boxwood blight (also known as box blight or boxwood leaf drop) is a widespread fungal disease affecting boxwoods (box plants), caused by Cylindrocladium
Boxwood_blight
Sociological process affecting cities
Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city
Urban_decay
Australian footballer
Jacob Blight (born 14 December 2001) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football
Jacob_Blight
Tree disease
Citrus blight is a type of blight that occurs in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Specializing in infecting citrus trees, the blight is found in North
Citrus_blight
Genus of grass cultivated for grain
many resistances since the 1960s. Resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB, Fusarium ear blight) is an important breeding target. Marker-assisted breeding
Wheat
2025 studio album by the Antlers
Blight is the seventh studio album by American indie rock group the Antlers. It was released on October 10, 2025, on Transgressive Records. The album was
Blight_(album)
1845–1852 mass starvation in Ireland
of the famine was the infection of potato crops by blight throughout Europe. The impact of blight on food supply caused 100,000 deaths outside Ireland
Great_Famine_(Ireland)
Pathogen fungus
It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of "southern blight" disease in crops. The species was first described in 1911 by Italian mycologist
Agroathelia_rolfsii
Canadian ice hockey player (1955–2005)
Richard Derek Blight (October 17, 1955 – April 3, 2005) was a Canadian ice hockey player. A native of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Blight had a long and
Rick_Blight
Fungal disease of cereals
Fusarium ear blight (FEB) (also called Fusarium head blight, FHB, or scab), is a fungal disease of cereals, including wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale
Fusarium_ear_blight
Species of fungus
Raspberry spur blight is caused by the fungus Didymella applanata. This plant pathogen is more problematic on red raspberries (Rubus idaeus) than on black
Raspberry_spur_blight
Species of fungus
family Helotiaceae. D. thujina causes cedar leaf blight (also known as Keithia blight or Keithia leaf blight), a leaf disease, on western red cedar (Thuja
Didymascella_thujina
Fictional character from The Owl House
Amity Blight is a fictional character in the Disney Channel series The Owl House. She is voiced by Mae Whitman. She has been well received by both critics
Amity_Blight
Species of fungus
early blight. The pathogen produces distinctive "bullseye" patterned leaf spots and can also cause stem lesions and fruit rot on tomato and tuber blight on
Alternaria_solani
English lion tamer (1833–1850)
Ellen Eliza Blight (1833–1850), also known as Helen Bright, was an English lion tamer, known as "The Lion Queen", who was killed by a tiger while working
Ellen_Blight
Starchy tuber used as a staple food
the crop vulnerable to disease. In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans, spread rapidly
Potato
Bacterial plant disease
Halo blight of bean is a bacterial disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Halo blight’s pathogen is a gram-negative, aerobic, polar-flagellated
Halo_blight
Fungal disease of conifers
Diplodia tip blight, also known as Sphaeropsis blight, is a widespread disease affecting conifers caused by an opportunistic fungal pathogen, Diplodia
Diplodia_tip_blight
Award
The Malcolm Blight Medal is a post-season award given to the best and fairest player for the Adelaide Football Club. The medal was first awarded in 1991
Malcolm_Blight_Medal
Fungal disease of plants
Typhula blight (commonly called gray snow mold or speckled snow mold) is most commonly known as a turf disease, but can also be a problem with wheat. Typhula
Typhula_blight
Blight's suit, forcing him to back off. Batman confronts Blight again when he attacks Wayne Manor. He uses the control module on the back of Blight's
List of DC Comics characters: P
List_of_DC_Comics_characters:_P
Species of single-celled organism
First described in Java by Marian Raciborski in 1900, taro leaf blight is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora colocasiae, which infects primarily Colocasia
Taro_leaf_blight
Disease of barley caused by a bacterial pathogen
Bacterial blight is a disease of barley caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (syn. X. translucens). It has been known
Bacterial_blight_(barley)
Bacterial plant disease
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis is the pathogen that causes bacterial blight of cassava. Originally discovered in Brazil in 1912, the disease has followed
Bacterial_blight_of_cassava
DC Comics storyline
"Forever Evil: Blight" is a 2013–2014 crossover storyline published by DC Comics that began in October 2013, set within the larger "Forever Evil" storyline
Forever_Evil:_Blight
Species of fungus
other members of the genus). The disease is called South American leaf blight (SALB) and is the reason that rubber tree plantations such as Fordlândia
Pseudocercospora_ulei
as her while living with Camila. She also begins to realize that Amity Blight has a crush on her, with the two of them becoming a couple in "Knock, Knock
List of The Owl House characters
List_of_The_Owl_House_characters
Record label
BLIGHT. Records is an independent record label based in Washington, DC. Founded in 2012 by Benjamin Schurr, BLIGHT. Records has released works by artists
BLIGHT._Records
South African geotechnical engineer
Geoffrey Eustace Blight (30 July 1934 – 7 November 2013) was a professor in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits),
Geoffrey_Eustace_Blight
Species of true bug
The beech blight aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) is a small insect in the order Hemiptera that feeds primarily on the sap of American beech trees
Beech_blight_aphid
Mid-19th century blight by Phylloxera
The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France and laid waste to the wine industry
Great_French_Wine_Blight
1992 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge
later known as the Blight. Shortly before the Blight's final "flowering", two self-aware entities, created similarly to the Blight, plot to aid the humans
A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
Species of plant in the grass family
cortaderiae from this species. F. cortaderiae is the cause of Fusarium head blight (FHB) of C. selloana. In Serbia. Jindai Botanical Garden, autumn 1964. Flower
Cortaderia_selloana
American animated television series
LaMarche in season 2–5) – A humanoid rat-like creature who represents urban blight, disease, and drug abuse. He can control rats and has a personal helicopter
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers
For the Australian poet, see John Blight. John Thomas Blight FSA (27 October 1835 – 23 January 1911) was a Cornish archaeological artist born near Redruth
John_Thomas_Blight
Canadian ice hockey player
Chris Blight (born October 14, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Dundee Stars of Elite Ice Hockey League
Chris_Blight
Species of fungus
Phomopsis blight of juniper is a foliar disease discovered in 1917 caused by the fungal pathogen Phomopsis juniperovora. The fungus infects new growth
Phomopsis_blight_of_juniper
Blight Magic is a 2002 supplement for d20 System role-playing games published by Mystic Eye Games. Blight Magic is a supplement in which a dark, corrupting
Blight_Magic
Welsh radio presenter
Victoria Blight is a radio DJ based in the United Kingdom. Blight has presented shows on Heart 106, a regional radio station broadcast to the East Midlands
Vicki_Blight
Fungal disease of maize plants
Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) or Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) is a foliar disease of corn (maize) caused by Exserohilum turcicum, the anamorph of the
Northern_corn_leaf_blight
Philadelphia lawyer and philanthropist
Atherton Blight (November 10, 1834 – November 4, 1909) was a Philadelphia lawyer, businessman, author, diarist, and philanthropist who traveled extensively
Atherton_Blight
Fungal disease of maize
Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB) is a fungal disease of maize caused by the plant pathogen Bipolaris maydis (also known as Cochliobolus heterostrophus
Southern_corn_leaf_blight
Bacterial plant disease
Bacterial blight of soybean is a widespread disease of soybeans caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. Soybeans are grown all over the world and
Bacterial_blight_of_soybean
1990 high fantasy novel by Robert Jordan
World was re-released as two separate books, From the Two Rivers and To the Blight, targeting the young adult market with larger text and illustrations. From
The_Eye_of_the_World
Group of diseases affecting pea plants
Ascochyta blights occur throughout the world and can be of significant economic importance. Three fungi contribute to the ascochyta blight disease complex
Ascochyta_diseases_of_pea
2014 film by Christopher Nolan
Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through space
Interstellar_(film)
Fungal disease (leaf blight) of wheat
fungal plant pathogen that causes leaf blight on wheat. A. triticina is responsible for the largest leaf blight issue in wheat and also causes disease
Alternaria_triticina
Federal holiday in the United States
the Charleston Daily Courier and the New-York Tribune. Historian David Blight has called this commemoration the first Memorial Day. However, no direct
Memorial_Day
American singer (born 1998)
(May 3, 2023). "Hemlocke Springs throws a medieval feast in her "Sever the Blight" video". The Fader. United States. ISSN 1533-5194. Archived from the original
Hemlocke_Springs
Australian film producer
Rosemary Blight is an Australian film producer, credited with films such as The Sapphires (world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and AACTA Award
Rosemary_Blight
British Royal Navy captain
William Blight (1785 – 22 July 1862) was a British Royal Navy captain. Blight was entered 9 May 1793, as a volunteer on board the Intrepid, 64 guns, under
William_Blight
Hardcore punk band from Lansing
Blight was an American hardcore punk supergroup from Lansing, Michigan, which was formed in early 1982 and existed for four months, releasing one posthumous
Blight_(band)
Fungal disease of rice
Rice-sheath blight is a disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani (teleomorph is Thanetophorus cucumeris), a basidiomycete, that causes major limitations on
Sheath_blight_of_rice
Topics referred to by the same term
Helminthosporium Leaf Blights, from their former classification in the genus Helminthosporium: Southern corn leaf blight Northern corn leaf blight Northern corn
HLB
Play by Oliver St. John Gogarty
Blight: The Tragedy of Dublin is a play by Oliver St. John Gogarty. One of the earliest Irish "slum dramas", it focuses on the horrific conditions prevalent
Blight_(play)
1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia
Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530959-1. McNamara, Robert S.; Blight, James G.; Brigham, Robert K.; Biersteker, Thomas J.; Schandler, Herbert
Vietnam_War
2012 studio album by Two Gallants
The Bloom and the Blight is the fourth full-length album from the band Two Gallants, released on September 4, 2012. It follows up their self-titled album
The_Bloom_and_the_Blight
Deterioration of tin objects at low temperature
objects at low temperatures. Tin pest has also been called tin disease, tin blight, tin plague, or tin leprosy. It is an autocatalytic process, accelerating
Tin_pest
Species of fungus
anomala is a plant pathogen that causes a disease known as Eastern filbert blight (or EFB) on Corylus spp. (hazelnut). Anisogramma anomala is an ascomycete
Anisogramma_anomala
American bass guitarist
Jesus Lizard) as bassist. The first album from his solo project Flowering Blight, entitled The Perfect Pair, was released on November 19, 2008, via the official
Paul_Barker
American abolitionist (1818–1895)
(1845), Douglass wrote: "My father was a white man." According to David W. Blight's 2018 biography of Douglass, "For the rest of his life he searched in vain
Frederick_Douglass
Species of fungus
both wheat and maize where it causes the plant disease anthracnose leaf blight. Glomerella graminicola is an anamorphic fungus which is identified as Colletotrichum
Glomerella_graminicola
Australian poet
Frederick John Blight (30 July 1913 – 12 May 1995) was an Australian poet of Cornish origin, his ancestors having arrived in South Australia on the Lisander
John_Blight
Historical classification of kidney diseases
Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized
Bright's_disease
Australian civil servant
Digby Graham Blight OA FIPAA (born 19 September 1931) is an Australian retired Director General of the Western Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet
Digby_Blight
Species of fungus
Fusarium graminearum, is a fungal plant pathogen which causes fusarium head blight (FHB), a devastating disease on wheat and barley. The pathogen is responsible
Gibberella_zeae
Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
United Daughters of the Confederacy Gone with the Wind (1939) David W. Blight Race and Reunion (2001) Legacy Women's suffrage in the United States Labor
Ulysses_S._Grant
Most common rubber tree
20th century because of indigenous blights that targeted the rubber tree. The blight, called South American leaf blight, is caused by the ascomycete Pseudocercospora
Hevea_brasiliensis
Species of fungus
Diplocarpon mespili is a pathogenic fungus which causes quince leaf blight, a leaf disease affecting chiefly common quince. It occurs in wet summers, causing
Diplocarpon_mespili
American civil rights activist (1925–1965)
was clearly a product of the hate and violence invested in the Negro's blighted existence in this nation.... In his youth there was no hope, no preaching
Malcolm_X
Family of viruses
the virulence of its parasitic host, making it a hyperparasite useful for blight control. The family contains the following genera: Alphahypovirus Betahypovirus
Hypovirus
American filmmaker and actor (1940–1989)
Henry Blight "Toby" Halicki (October 18, 1940 – August 20, 1989) was an American director, writer, stunt driver, actor, and filmmaker. He directed the
H._B._Halicki
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
United Daughters of the Confederacy Gone with the Wind (1939) David W. Blight Race and Reunion (2001) Legacy Women's suffrage in the United States Labor
Abraham_Lincoln
1998 video game
Jowston led by Mayor Anabelle and Kingdom of Highland led by Prince Luca Blight. The player is also adopted son of Genkaku, a hero who saved the City-States
Suikoden_II
Land redevelopment in cities
revitalizing city neighborhoods. Typically, urban renewal involves clearing "blighted" areas, followed by new construction for housing, businesses, and public
Urban_renewal
Country in Central and South Asia
the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021. Lyons, Kate; Blight, Garry (27 July 2015). "Where in the world is the worst place to be a Christian
Afghanistan
Ability of plants to withstand pathogens
inherent disease resistance, but this has not always protected them. The late blight Great Famine of Ireland of the 1840s was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora
Plant_disease_resistance
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
Combat in the American Civil War. Cambridge University Press. David W. Blight (2001) Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Woodworth 1996
American_Civil_War
Species of fungus
common fungus found in strawberry plants, which causes the disease of leaf blight. Common symptoms caused by the pathogen begin as small circular reddish-purple
Phomopsis_obscurans
U.S. state
and mosses in abundance. Spongy moth infestations in oak trees and the blight in chestnut trees have decreased both of their numbers, leaving more room
Virginia
President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
London, England: I.B. Tauris. pp. 138–139, 142–144. ISBN 978-1-84511-257-8. Blight, James G. (2012). Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq
Jimmy_Carter
Town in Victoria, Australia
Blind Bight is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government
Blind_Bight,_Victoria
provided he also won Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin.) Paz, Ana Lucía González; Blight, Garry; Levine, Sam (September 3, 2024). "Can 0.03% of US votes really swing
2020 United States presidential election
2020_United_States_presidential_election
Medical condition
A blighted ovum is a pregnancy in which the embryo is reabsorbed or never develops at all. In a normal pregnancy, an embryo would be visible on an ultrasound
Blighted_ovum
Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019. "Injury blights Nadal at Paris Masters; Djokovic into final". Spectrum News1. Archived
Rafael_Nadal
English writer (1797–1851)
learning, sightseeing, and socialising. The Italian adventure was, however, blighted for Mary Shelley by the deaths of both her children—Clara, in September
Mary_Shelley
Bight in the Gulf of Guinea
The Bight of Benin, or Bay of Benin, is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast. The Bight of Benin was named for the Kingdom of
Bight_of_Benin
First Nations artist, filmmaker and educator from Canada
Susan Blight is an Anishinaabe visual artist, filmmaker, and arts educator from Couchiching First Nation. Her work, especially her public art throughout
Susan_Blight
Species of fungus
deformans is an ascomycete fungus. It is the causal organism of stamen blight of blackberries and raspberries. Hapalosphaeria affects the growth and development
Hapalosphaeria
Variety of bacteria
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is a bacterial pathovar that causes a serious blight of rice, other grasses, and sedges. The genus Xanthomonas, which mostly
Xanthomonas_oryzae_pv._oryzae
BLIGHT
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Fearless
Male
Czechoslovakian
, Jehovah's gift, or, Jehovah's grace.
Girl/Female
Hindu
East
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian
Decree; Edict
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Prophets Name
Girl/Female
Tamil
Radha
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Mythological, Sanskrit, Tamil, Traditional
Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu
Good in nature
Male
French
Variant spelling of Norman French Lancelot, LAUNCELOT means either "little land" or "little lance."
BLIGHT
BLIGHT
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BLIGHT
BLIGHT
a.
Blighted; withered.
imp. & p. p.
of Blight
v. t.
To nip; to blast; to blight.
v. i.
To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
n.
A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
n.
That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
v. t.
Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.
n.
Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
v. t.
Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
adv.
So as to cause blight.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blight
v. t.
To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.
a.
Causing blight.
n.
The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
v. t.
To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny.
n.
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
v. i.
To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
n.
A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
v. t.
Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
v. t.
To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.