How to Use anthracnose in a Sentence

anthracnose

noun
  • The only rose in my garden that gets anthracnose in the spring is Neil Diamond.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Some of that early color change is caused by anthracnose, a fungal leaf disease caused by our wet spring.
    Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Above ground, fungal diseases such as rose rust, powdery mildew, and anthracnose in sycamores thrive in moisture on the leaves and stems of trees, shrubs and perennials.
    Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • The fungus will remain on those leaves throughout the winter and cause anthracnose to appear the following spring.
    oregonlive, 25 June 2022
  • These symptoms along with dry, crumbly fruit are clues that diseases, like anthracnose and spur blight, have moved into your raspberry patch.
    Melinda Myers, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • There are new cultivars of sycamores that show good resistance to anthracnose.
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • The weather conditions that favor spot anthracnose are constant rain when the buds are first beginning to open.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2022
  • Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose and bacterial canker of stone fruit.
    oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Although inconsistent in flowering, the tree is well adapted to our climate and the leaves, blooms and fruit are tolerant of anthracnose.
    Noris Ledesma, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
  • Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose, bacterial canker of stone fruit and Eastern filbert blight.
    oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Apples are susceptible to a whole bucket of diseases like powdery mildew, apple scab and anthracnose.
    oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The Chinese dogwood is far more resistant to both dogwood anthracnose and powdery mildew that can plague the native flowering dogwood in some locations.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Pass up American sycamore in favor of Mexican sycamore to escape infection by anthracnose.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Good sanitation practices are key to helping control garden diseases such as anthracnose.
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • Sadly, dogwood trees are particularly susceptible to a fungal blight known as anthracnose.
    Dave Taft, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • Although a definitive diagnosis can be made only after examining the plant tissue under a microscope, your tree appears to be infected with anthracnose, a fungus described here.
    oregonlive, 21 May 2022

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'anthracnose.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: