Sentence examples for frosty pod from inspiring English sources
There is no frosty pod in Berkshire.
But frosty pod can lurk in a plant asymptomatically for months.
According to Hadley, the plant's many unpleasant-sounding scourges — vascular-streak dieback, swollen-shoot virus, frosty pod, witches' broom — routinely reduce yields by about thirty per cent worldwide.
Researchers hope it can help cut outbreaks of diseases, such as frosty pod and witches' broom, which wipe out 30% of global production each year.Demand for cocoa products, especially chocolate, is surging.
Dr. Arnold said the endophytes also showed promise for protecting plants against a disease called frosty pod rot, which like Phytophthora, is one of the three most devastating diseases of cacao.
Witches' broom (caused by Moniliophthora perniciosa) and frosty pod rot (caused by M. roreri) are serious diseases affecting crops in the Americas and West Indies and are of major concern to growers in Africa and Asia who seek to prevent their spread.
