desolation, devastation - the state of being decayed or destroyed

alder blight - a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)

apple blight, apple canker - a disease of apple trees

beet blight - a disease of beet plants

blister blight - a disease of tea plants

blister blight - a disease of Scotch pines

cane blight - a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants)

chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease - a disease of American chestnut trees

coffee blight - a blight affecting the coffee plant

collar blight - a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees

bean blight, halo spot, halo blight - a blight of bean plants

halo blight - a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses

head blight - a blight of the heads of cereals

late blight - blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans

leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant

peach blight - a disease of trees bearing drupes

potato blight, potato disease, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain - a blight of potatoes

rim blight - a disease of tea plants

spinach blight - a disease of spinach plants

spur blight - a disease of raspberries

stem blight - a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants

stripe blight - a disease of oats

thread blight - a disease of tropical woody plants (cocoa or tea or citrus)

tomato blight, tomato yellows - a disease of tomato plants

twig blight - a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants

walnut blight - a disease of English walnut trees

plant disease - a disease that affects plants

afflict, smite - cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"