What is "brown rot"

n. A fungal disease of stone fruit such as peaches and nectarines, caused by the fungus ''Monilinia fructicola ''

n. any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues

Brown rot may refer to the following diseases:

• Wood-decay fungus, fungi that digest moist wood, causing rot, includes various species that infect living trees and cured wood
• Ralstonia solanacearum, an aerobic, non-sporing, plant pathogenic bacterium that causes brown rot in a wide range of crops
• Monilinia fructicola, a plant pathogenic fungus, the cause of brown rot in stone fruits, such as plums, peaches, nectarines and almonds