Losses due to lenticel rot are an increasing concern for Kern County potato growers

In recent years, lenticel rot of potato tubers, caused by the bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. caroto-vora, has become an economically important postharvest disease for Kern County growers. Disease symptoms are sunken and rotted tissue surrounding tuber lenticels, which develop...

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Main Authors: James J. Farrar, J. Joseph Nunez, R. Michael Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2009-07-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v063n03p127