Disease affecting a young plant placed in soil previously occupied by another, typically a mature specimen of a closely related species whose soil-dwelling pathogens attack it; frequently with distinguishing word.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Canadian Journal of Botany.
Definition of replant disease in US English:
replant disease
noun
Botany
Disease affecting a young plant placed in soil previously occupied by another, typically a mature specimen of a closely related species whose soil-dwelling pathogens attack it; frequently with distinguishing word.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Canadian Journal of Botany.