Bacterial diseases of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) — control strategies
Renata Lebecka
r.lebecka@ihar.edu.plZakład Genetyki i Materiałów Wyjściowych Ziemniaka, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin, Oddział Młochów (Poland)
Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska
Zakład Genetyki i Materiałów Wyjściowych Ziemniaka, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin, Oddział Młochów (Poland)
Abstract
The paper describes the incidence and importance of main bacterial diseases of potato. The reaction of potato to infection with bacteria causing blackleg, soft rot, ring rot and brown rot is compared. Moreover control strategies against these bacterial diseases of potato are discussed.
Keywords:
blackleg, soft rot, ring rot, brown rot, resistanceReferences
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Renata Lebeckar.lebecka@ihar.edu.pl
Zakład Genetyki i Materiałów Wyjściowych Ziemniaka, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin, Oddział Młochów Poland
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Ewa Zimnoch-GuzowskaZakład Genetyki i Materiałów Wyjściowych Ziemniaka, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin, Oddział Młochów Poland
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