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 ...

Michigan farmers can now test their seed potatoes for disease in-state, eliminating the need to ship samples to North Dakota for required screening before export to Canada.

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 ...

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 ...

One bad spud can ruin the whole pile. But now, a simple electrical sensor can detect the culprit. A new device can determine that a single potato’s infected with rot-causing bacteria even while it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...