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Multi-year evaluation ofClavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus disease symptoms in cultivated potato genotypes

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The expression of foliar and tuber bacterial ring rot (BRR) symptoms in 108 cultivated potato genotypes inoculated withClavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicum was examined in field experiments during 1986 to 1996. Considerable variation in the incidence of foliar BRR symptoms was observed in all plant cultivars, ranging from no detectable symptoms to complete necrosis of the leaves. Similar variability was observed in the incidence of tuber BRR symptoms, and severity of tuber symptoms ranged from no detected symptoms to complete breakdown of the vascular ring that extended throughout the tuber. A decline in the incidence and severity of tuber, but not foliar symptoms, was observed in the later years of the study (P<0.05). Foliar and tuber BRR symptoms generally were positively correlated (P<0.01) prior to 1993 but not in subsequent years (P>0.05) when tuber symptoms declined. Strong correlations were observed between the incidence and severity of foliar BRR symptoms (r=0.41, P<0.01) and between the incidence and severity of tuber BRR symptoms (r=0.96, P<0.001). During the 11 year period, no BRR symptoms were observed in 2,620 uninoculated control plants.

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Durante 1986 y 1996 se examinaron los síntomas de la pudrición anular del tubérculo y del follaje (BRR) en 108 genotipos de papa cultivada inoculados conClavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicum en experimentas de campo. Se observo una variación considerable en la incidencia del BRR en el follaje en todos los cultivares, desde síntomas no detectables hasta la completa necrosis de las hojas. También se observó una variación similar en el tubérculo en la incidencia de los síntomas del BRR y de la severidad, que incluyó desde síntomas no detectables hasta la descomposición total del anillo vascular extendida en todo el tubérculo. En los últimos años del estudio se observó una disminucíon en la incidencia y severidad de los síntomas del tubérculo, sin embargo, no se observaron síntomas foliares (P<0.05). Por lo general, los síntomas de BRR en tubérculos y follaje se correlacionaron positivamente (P<0.01) antes de 1993, pero no sucedió lo mismo en los años siguientes (P>0.05), cuando los síntomas del tubérculo disminuyeron. Se observó una estrecha correlatión entre la incidencia y severidad de los síntomas del BRR en el follaje (r=0.41, PPP<0.01) y entre la incidencia y severidad de los síntomas del BRR en el tubérculo (r=0.96, P<0.001). Durante estos 11 años no se observaron síntomas en ninguna de las 2,620 plantas de control no inoculadas.

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Kawchuk, L.M., Lynch, D.R., Kozub, G.C. et al. Multi-year evaluation ofClavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus disease symptoms in cultivated potato genotypes. Am. J. Pot Res 75, 235–243 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853602

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