稲熱いもち

noun

rice blast; rice blight

A serious fungal disease of rice caused by Pyricularia oryzae. The term is used in agriculture and plant pathology.

• 今年ことしは稲熱いもちの被ひ害がいが広ひろがっている。

  This year, rice blast damage is spreading.

• いもち病びょうに強つよい品ひん種しゅを開かい発はつする。

  Develop a variety resistant to rice blast disease.