noun
wilt disease; fusarium wilt; fusarium crown rot
Botanical term for a plant disease causing wilting, often caused by Fusarium fungi. Used in agricultural and horticultural contexts.
トマトの萎凋病は土壌伝染性の病気です。
Tomato wilt disease is a soil-borne disease.
この品種は萎凋病に強い。
This variety is resistant to wilt disease.
立枯病 (damping-off) is a disease that causes seedlings to collapse and die, while 萎凋病 specifically refers to wilting diseases often affecting mature plants.
Compound of 萎凋 (ichō, 'wilting') + 病 (byō, 'disease'). The term is a direct description of the symptom.