Volume 34, Number 3, 295-296, DOI: 10.1007/BF02360502

Sporulation ofPhytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary on the surface of diseased potatoes and tuber to tuber spread of infection during handling

L. J. Dowley and E. O'Sullivan

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Abstract

Laboratory experiments and observations in commercial stores showed that viable sporangia ofPhytophthora infestans can be produced on infected potato tubers of different cultivars. Infection was also found to spread from diseased to healthy tubers during handling.

Additional keywords  inoculation experiments - in-store spread of infection -  Solanum tuberosum L.

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