Development of symptoms caused by Erwinia carotovora ssp. atroseptica under field conditions and their effects on the yield of individual potato plants

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-32

  Helias V ^a   Andrivon, D ^a   Jouan, B ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Blackleg; Soft rot; Solanum tuberosum; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; INOCULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PATHOLOGY; POTATO;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0342723787     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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