The recorded diseases of wild and cultivated plants are listed under the Latin names of the
hosts, together with brief notes on occurrence, symptoms, and control. The information was …

Disease control is a prerequisite for improving and maintaining yield and quality of the
potato crop and since the potato became widely grown serious outbreaks of disease and …

Materials and methods Field plot site. Field plots were established on Harrow sandy loam
(pH 5.3-5.8), a naturally welldrained soil normally requiring supplemental irri gation for …

Black-leg disease of potato, caused by the bacterium Pectobacterium carotovorum var.
atrosepticum (Erwinia atroseptica) is very widespread in potato stocks in Scotland, but under …

This handbook is an extensive revision of and supersedes Miscellaneous Publication 98,"
Market Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Potatoes," by GB Ramsey, the late JS Wiant, and …

Field trials for chemical control of potato seedpiece decay and blackleg, carried out in 1959,
1960, and 1961, revealed little or no benefit from seedpiece treatment when the cutting …

Abstract Warming Segabo and Kennebec seed potatoes for 14 days at 70 F in daylight
caused the resultant plants to emerge sooner than those from seed kept at 40 F until …

Abst ract Dust formulations of the systemic fungicides benomyl and thiophanate methyl,
when applied to potato (solanum tuberosum) seed pieces at time of planting, proved highly …

Antimicrobial peptides (host defense peptides) are an evolutionarily conserved component
of the innate immune response, and have been shown to kill or inhibit the growth of …