damping-off

Converse of object

• cause: Pythium sp. , which causes damping-off, is a major problem in cucumber cultivation in Finland.

Modifies a noun

• disease: Current work is focused on the take-all fungus of wheat and on the epidemiology control of damping-off diseases of horticultural crops.
• fungus: The pots should then be soaked from below in fungicide to kill any damping-off fungi.