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Influence of temperature and length of storage on resistance of potato to tuber rot induced byErwinia chrysanthemi

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Tubers of 11 clones ofSolanum tuberosum subsp.andigena (andigena) and 12 cultivars ofS. tuberosum subsp.tuberosum (tuberosum) were inoculated with water suspensions (5.5 × 104 5.5 × 105, 5.5 × 106 CFU/ml) ofErwinia chrysanthemi. Tubers were inoculated immediately after harvest and after 6 and 16 wk of storage at 4 and 23°C. Tuber rot incidence in andigena and tuberosum increased as inoculum concentration increased. Based on tuber rot severity, clones of andigena were classified as resistant, intermediate, or susceptible and cultivars of tuberosum were classified as intermediate or susceptible. Rot severity increased in all tubers stored at 4°C and in tubers of tuberosum stored at 23°C; rot did not increase in tubers of andigena stored at 23°C. Electrolyte leakage (EL), total sugars (TS), reducing sugars (RS), non-reducing sugars (NRS) and dry matter (DM) were determined in non-inoculated tubers. There was a significant positive correlation between the rate of EL, concentration of RS and tuber rot in andigena and tuberosum. Tuber rot and DM were negatively correlated in tubers of andigena; but they were not correlated in tuberosum. Clones of andigena with low EL, TS, RS, and high DM were resistant to tuber rot, and the incidence of tuber rot in these clones was much less influenced by temperature and length of storage. The influence of temperature and length of storage on susceptibility toE. chrysanthemi may be explained by increased cell membrane permeability; increased leakage of accumulated sugars in potatoes stored at 4°C could favor bacterial proliferation resulting in more disease.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 27650, Raleigh, NC

    Oscar A. Hidalgo & Eddie Echandi (Professor)

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Paper No. 7033 of the Journal Series of North Carolina Agricultural Research Service.

Former Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650. Current address: The International Potato Center-CIP, Apartado 5969, Lima, Peru.

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Hidalgo, O.A., Echandi, E. Influence of temperature and length of storage on resistance of potato to tuber rot induced byErwinia chrysanthemi . American Potato Journal 60, 1–15 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853542

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