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What does eyespot mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) Any of various primitive light-sensitive organs or regions in many diverse organisms.
  2. (botany) Any of a group of fungal infections of grasses that are characterized by oval spots.
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However, this eyespot probably cannot form an acute image but merely acts as a light sensor.
The percentage of stems affected by damaging lesions of eyespot at 22.1pc was the highest on record.
Where eyespot is over threshold the preferred fungicide would be cyprodinil although Punch and Landmark both have some activity against eyespot and can give useful control.
Novartis' cyprodinil is the most effective eyespot product and thus tank-mixed in the T0 or T1 spray.
There have been reports of Physoderma brown spot, anthracnose, and eyespot developing in Illinois cornfields.
Chrysomonads are minute, have one or two anterior flagella, often near a red eyespot, and contain yellowish or brown pigments in chromatophores.

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