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foot rot

A plant disease in which there is rotting of the root system and the bottom part of the stem. Foot rot of tomato is caused by Phytophthora cryptogea and P. parasitica. Stem tissues around soil level appear brown or blackish and the root system is found to be rotten.

 
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