Other Plant Disease -- Netherlands
Test results have confirmed a major shift in the bacterial species causing blackleg in Dutch seed potatoes, with a new species being found in two-thirds of seed crops investigated. This seed-borne disease is the focus of inspections of seed crops, some of which are exported to countries such as the UK.
Back in 2014, researchers reported the first case of blackleg being caused by _Pectobacterium carotovorum_ subsp _brasiliensis_ [Pcb] in the Netherlands [see link below]. Of all bacterial
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