Finger-and-toe

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  1. 1
    The plant disease clubroot. uncountable

    "Thirty years later I proved, by a series of experiments conducted at Kew, that the organism causing 'finger-and-toe' in turnips, cabbages, etc., and other plants belonging to the crucifer family, required an acid medium for its development, and that an alkaline medium arrested its growth."

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clubroot

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"Thirty years later I proved, by a series of experiments conducted at Kew, that the organism causing 'finger-and-toe' in turnips, cabbages, etc., and other plants belonging to the crucifer family, required an acid medium for its development, and that an alkaline medium arrested its growth."

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