leaf spot
noun
: any of various plant diseases characterized by discolored often circular spots on the leaves
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Fungicide applications can cure powdery mildew, leaf spot, and wilt.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
When growing under these conditions, the plant develops fungal or bacterial leaf spots that eventually cause whole leaves and plants to decline.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Control fruit worms and leaf spots on vegetables with natural sprays as needed.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
Symptoms include brown-ringed leaf spots, dark stem cankers or zones of dead/dying tissue, and eventually, the collapse of plants in entire sections of a mass grouping.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
When growing under these conditions, the plant develops fungal or bacterial leaf spots that eventually cause whole leaves and plants to decline.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Control fruit worms and leaf spots on vegetables with natural sprays as needed.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Leaf spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaf%20spot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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