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Genotyping Dickeya dianthicola Causing Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot Outbreak Associated With Inoculum Geography in the United States.
Plant disease - 1 Jul 2021
Ge Tongling, Jiang He, Johnson Steven B, Larkin Robert P, Charkowski Amy O, Secor Gary, Hao Jianjun
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of blackleg and soft rot of potato, caused primarily by the bacterial pathogen Dickeya dianthicola, has resulted in significant economic losses in the northeastern United States since 2015. The spread of this seedborne disease is highly associated with seed distribution; therefore, the pathogen likely spread with seed tubers. To describe the blackleg epidemic and track inoculum origins, a total of...
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