Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp carotovorum can cause potato blackleg in temperate climates

It is well established that the pectinolytic bacteria Pectobacterium atrosepticum (Pca) and Dickeya spp. are causal organisms of blackleg in potato. In temperate climates, the role of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc) in potato blackleg, however, is unclear. In different western and central European countries plants are frequently found with blackleg from which only Pcc can be isolated, but not Pca or Dickeya spp. Nevertheless, tubers vacuum-infiltrated with Pcc strains have so far never yielded blackleg-diseased plants in field experiments in temperate climates. In this study, it is shown that potato tubers, vacuum-infiltrated with a subgroup of Pcc strains isolated in Europe, and planted in two different soil types, can result in up to 50% blackleg diseased plants.

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Main Authors:	de Haan, E.G., Dekker-Nooren, T.C.E.M., van den Bovenkamp, G.W., Speksnijder, A.G.C.L., van der Zouwen, P.S., van der Wolf, J.M.
Format:	Article/Letter to editor biblioteca
Language:	English
Subjects:	chrysanthemi, disease, epidemiology, plant, soft-rot erwinias, sp-nov., ssp-atroseptica, strains, tissue, tubers,
Online Access:	https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/pectobacterium-carotovorum-subsp-carotovorum-can-cause-potato-bla
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