Java black rot: Meaning and Definition of

Ja'va black' rot"

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— Plant Pathol. Plant Pathol.
  1. a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
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