The ability of endophytic bacteria to influence Erwinia carotovora var. atroseptica (Eca) growth and disease development was examined in potatoes. Bacterial populations isolated from within the tubers ...

SOFT-ROT diseases of avocado fruit are recorded in the literature as associated with fungi. So far, the only bacterial disease reported to affect avocado fruit is a dry rot caused by Pseudomonas ...

Inquiry-based investigations of diseases are often difficult to safely undertake in middle school or high school science courses. However, by utilizing potatoes as a mammalian analogue, important ...

Most gardeners have a love affair with bearded iris, especially the old varieties with delicious scents. They are stalwarts of old-fashioned gardens, and seldom will you find an existing old garden ...

Alias: Bacterial soft rot of potato. This is a common disease caused by bacteria found worldwide. Symptoms of the disease are water-soaked, rotted tissues that are cream to tan colored. Another phase ...

If you were living on a diet of rice cakes, whole-wheat pasta and rye bread, and someone set a pumpkin pie with whipped cream in front of you, you would probably start salivating and dig right in.

BACTERIAL soft rot of vegetables and the retting of flax are both due to decomposition of the pectin complex in the middle lamella, in the former case resulting in a loss of cohesion between the cells ...

Scottish potato growers are urged to remain vigilant against soft rots this storage period, with appropriate ventilation and meticulous hygiene key to avoid spread in seed and ware crops. A relatively ...