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aster yellows

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Definition of ASTER YELLOWS

:  a widespread disease affecting more than 40 families of plants, characterized especially by yellowing and stunting, and caused by a phytoplasma transmitted by leafhoppers
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First Known Use of ASTER YELLOWS

1922

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