Pierce's disease

Pierce's disease
Plant Pathol.
a disease of grapes caused by a rickettsialike organism, characterized by dwarfing of vines, mottling of woody tissues, and plant death.
[named after N. B. Pierce (d. 1917), American plant pathologist]

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