What is "curly top"

n. (context agriculture English) A disease of beets, gourds, and other plants, caused by the virus (taxlink Beet curly top virus species noshow=1), which results in stunted or misshapen growth and curled or puckered leaves.

Curly Top (1935) is an American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Patterson McNutt and Arthur J. Beckhard focuses on the adoption of a young orphan ( Shirley Temple) by a wealthy bachelor ( John Boles) and his romantic attraction to her older sister ( Rochelle Hudson).

Together with The Littlest Rebel, another Temple vehicle, the film was listed as one of the top box office draws of 1935 by Variety. The film's musical numbers include " Animal Crackers in My Soup" and "When I Grow Up".

This film was the first of four films that Shirley Temple and Arthur Treacher cooperated in; others were Stowaway (1936), Heidi (1937) and The Little Princess (1939).

Curly top is the name of a number of viral plant diseases, many of which affect food crops. They are often caused by curtoviruses (genus Curtovirus), members of the virus family Geminiviridae.

Curly top is characterized by stunting of the plant and deformation of leaves and fruit. The petioles and blades of the leaves curl, twist, and become discolored.

• Beet curly top virus causes curly top disease in beets and is carried by the beet leafhopper. The term curly top virus often refers to this specific virus. It can also cause curly top in tomatoes, beans, cucurbits, and other crops.
• Curly top disease in spinach can be caused by the beet curly top virus, the pepper curly top virus, or the recently described spinach curly top virus.
• Other curly top curtoviruses include beet severe curly top virus, beet mild curly top virus, and horseradish curly top virus. The newly discovered turnip curly top virus may also be a species of curtovirus.