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Grading Seed Potato Lots to Remove Tubers with Powdery Scab Damage may not Eliminate the Pathogen Threat
2016-06-01
Abstract excerpt
Grading seed tubers is a common practice to remove visually diseased tubers and meet certification standards. This study sought to quantify Spongospora subterranea inocula, the causal agent of powdery scab in eight commercial seedlots prior to and following grading. Pathogen levels generally decreased although the extent of reduction was dependant on the mean disease level within each seedlot, prior to grading. Wh...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f9498dd6-fa71-5b66-8dfd-3a2dda4433f3
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12230-016-9499-3