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Green colouring under the skin strongly suggests solanine build-up in potatoes, although each process can occur without the other. A bitter taste in a potato is another – potentially more reliable – indicator of toxicity. Because of the bitter taste and appearance of such potatoes, solanine poisoning is rare outside conditions of food shortage.
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If your potatoes are green, chlorophyll isn’t dangerous, but it’s a sign that other toxins have increased, too. These toxins live on the potato’s skin and sprouts; the white flesh of the ...
The type, color and distribution of the yellow spots on this leaf perfectly describe the symptoms of various potato viruses, hence collectively these are known as "aucuba leaf". Different viruses cause the same symptom on the leaves of affected potato plants, which is called "aucuba leaf".
Fusarium dry rot of potato is a devastating post-harvest losses (vegetables) disease affecting both seed potatoes and potatoes for human consumption. [3] Dry rot causes the skin of the tuber to wrinkle. The rotted areas of the potato may be brown, grey, or black and the rot creates depressions in the surface of the tuber.
Hyperbilirubinemia is the main differential diagnosis to be considered in evaluating jaundice suspected to be carotenemia. [12] Excessive consumption of lycopene, a plant pigment similar to carotene and present in tomatoes, can cause a deep orange discoloration of the skin. Like carotenodermia, lycopenemia is harmless. [citation needed]
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