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Species Diversity of Pectobacterium spp. Causing Potato Aerial Stem Rot in China.
Plant disease - 1 Oct 2024
Wu Jian, Zhang Ruofang, Sun Qinghua, Feng Zhiwen, Handique Utpal
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Pectobacterium spp. are the primary causative agents of aerial stem rot in potatoes in China. A nationwide survey revealed the widespread occurrence of aerial stem rot in the northern, southern, and southwestern cultivation regions, with occurrence rates ranging from 1 to 60%. In total, 36 strains were isolated and identified at the species level using multilocus sequence analysis of six housekeeping genes (rpoS,...
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