How to Use sooty mold in a Sentence

sooty mold

noun

• The sprays can also help loosen and remove the sooty mold.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 June 2019
• Control of the insects takes time and the sooty mold slowly sloughs off the leaves.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2020
• When sprayed, the sooty mold fungus slowly sloughs off the tree portions.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2019
• This sticky sap coats the surface of plants and encourages the growth of black sooty mold, which damages the plant or tree.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2019
• The black material is growth of a sooty mold, a type of fungus which feeds on this residue.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
• The oil spray causes the sooty mold to gradually slough off.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021
• Be alert for scale insects that suck juice from stems and leaves, encouraging sooty mold to form on the leaves.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021
• For the record, neither of the insects or the sooty mold causes any serious damage to the crape myrtles.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
• The sticky matter is food for a sooty mold fungus producing the black coating.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• The black substance is sooty mold, which feeds on the exudate from sucking insects.
  — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
• The oil also causes the sooty mold to gradually slough off.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
• The black is a fungus, called sooty mold, present due to the feeding of these or other piercing-sucking insects.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• The black, sooty mold is another clue that there is an insect problem in your garden.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Within a few days, honeydew draws a black fungus called sooty mold.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
• Black sooty mold fungus grows in the honeydew substrate.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2022
• That’s sooty mold, a fungus that gets started in the sticky honeydew residue left behind by aphids and scale insects.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• The lanternflies excrete honeydew, which encourages the growth of black sooty mold.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2021
• This liquid forms a sooty mold, discoloring or killing plants.
  — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
• That’s sooty mold, a fungus that grows in the honeydew excretion of either aphids or scale insects.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
• Black sooty mold, a fungus, is growing on many of our citrus trees and ornamentals.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Besides making a mess, the sweet residue can attract ants, plus a black fungus called sooty mold often develops on it (not a good look).
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2021
• Most likely scale insects are sucking juices from the foliage and stems which produce excreta to support the growth of the sooty mold fungus.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
• The honeydew also becomes a great host for the development of black sooty mold (a fungus).
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
• During feeding, the bugs also secrete honeydew, which promotes the growth of black sooty mold.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2022
• These insects are up to no good, sucking juices from the stems and leaves that reduce tree vigor besides providing food for the sooty mold fungus.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 31 July 2021
• Renew the beauty of your hibiscus plants with a horticultural oil spray to eliminate the sooty mold forming on the surface of the leaves.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021
• Honeydew lands on homes, cars, decks and outdoor equipment, like grills, and is a growth medium for sooty mold — an unsightly fungus.
  — CBS News, 6 July 2022
• But something called sooty mold fungus can grow in the secretion if left unwashed, giving everything a black cast.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• Often, the infestations are accompanied by sooty mold a black coating on the leaves.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 May 2018
• With time, the sap oozes down the bark and eventually turns black because it is colonized by an ever present fungus with the very appropriate name of sooty mold.
  — oregonlive.com, 14 June 2019

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024