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FUNGAL diseases of potato tubers can cause considerable losses in the United Kingdom every year. At present in Scotland the most serious is gangrene, a rot of tuber flesh caused by Phoma exigua var foveata. Skin spot, caused by Oospora pustulans, is also important, but in this case the organism does not rot tuber flesh: small pustules appear on the surface and, more importantly, eyes may be killed and sprouting affected.
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GRAHAM, D., HAMILTON, G. Control of Potato Gangrene and Skin Spot Diseases by Fumigation of Tubers with Sec-butylamine. Nature 227, 297–298 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227297a0
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