kromnek, noun

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, krom crooked + nek neck (stalk).
a. A disease of tobacco plants caused by the tomato spotted-wilt virus; Kat River wilt, see Kat River sense 2. b. Occasionally, this disease in tomato plants. Also attributive.
1931 Farming in S. Afr. Aug. 187 (Swart)Kromnek, This is a local name given to a serious wilt disease of tobacco which occurs in the Cape.
1933 E.S. Moore in Sci. Bulletin Dept of Agric. No.123, 1The disease known locally as ‘Kromnek’ or ‘Kat River Wilt’ is by far the most serious of the diseases of tobacco in the Stockenstrom division.
1933 E.S. Moore in Sci. Bulletin Dept of Agric. No.123, 15The evidence indicated not only that the tomato disease is of virus nature but that probably it is caused by the same virus which is responsible for the tobacco kromnek.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. and Forestry) 1034Tobacco, Kromnek. A very destructive disease which attacks plants at any age. Growth suddenly stops.
1941 Nature 19 Apr. 480Control of the Kromnek (Spotted Wilt) Disease of Tomatoes.
1957 [see Kat River disease Kat River sense 2].
A disease of tobacco plants caused by the tomato spotted-wilt virus; Kat River wilt, see Kat River sense 2.
Occasionally, this disease in tomato plants. Also attributive.
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