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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.
Potato mop-top virus (spraing of tubers) genus Furovirus, Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) Potato rugose mosaic: genus Potyvirus, Potato virus Y (PVY, strains O, N and C) Potato stem mottle (spraing of tubers) genus Tobravirus, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) Potato spindle tuber: Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) Potato yellow dwarf virus
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight , caused by Alternaria solani , is also often called "potato blight".
Shriveled skin, dark spots, mushy texture, pungent odor, and sprouts or mold all mean a red potato is bad. Related: 67 Best Red Potato Recipes How To Tell if a Russet Potato Is Bad
Inoculation of potato tubers (cv. "Russet Norkotah") with Phytophthora erythroseptica zoospores. Either tuber slices (upper panels) or whole tubers (lower panels) of potato were inoculated with 5 zoospores suspended in 10 μl sterile distilled water (A1,A2), 5 zoospores suspended in 10 μl exudate derived from high-density zoospore suspension (1 × 104 spores/ml) (B1,B2), and 100 zoospores ...
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A dirty potato skin can transfer contaminants to the parts of the dish you do plan to eat, which poses a food safety risk. How to Wash Potatoes. Besides a sink, your spuds, and a knife to remove ...
Rhizoctonia solani sensu lato causes a wide range of commercially significant plant diseases. It is one of the fungi responsible for brown patch (a turfgrass disease), damping off (e.g. in soybean seedlings), [10] black scurf of potatoes, [11] bare patch of cereals, [12] root rot of sugar beet, [13] belly rot of cucumber, [14] banded leaf and sheath blight in maize, [15] sheath blight of rice ...