noun
- damage to plant tissue caused by excessive exposure to sunlight, typically appearing as brown or white patches
Usage: botanical
verb
- to damage or injure (plant tissue) through excessive exposure to sunlight
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The tomato plants showed signs of sunscald on their exposed fruit.
- Sunscald often affects the south-facing side of tree trunks.
- The gardener used shade cloth to prevent sunscald on young seedlings.
- Hot afternoon sun can sunscald delicate leaves.
- Sunscald appears as bleached or brown patches on fruit and bark.
- The apple trees were sunscalded during the heat wave.