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Effect of temperature and latent viruses on atypical ring rot symptoms of Russet Burbank potatoes

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The ring rot bacterium,Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieck. and Kotth.) Skapt. and Burkh. [Clavibacter michiganense subsp.sepedonicum (Spieck et Kotth.) Davis et al.], and latent potato viruses (potato virus S and potato virus X) were investigated for their effect on atypical (ATYP) ring rot symptom development on Russet Burbank potato plants at different temperatures. Plants grown at 21 C from stem cuttings root-inoculated withC. sepedonicum developed typical wilting and chlorotic symptoms of ring rot that were equally severe on virus-free (VF) and virus-infected (VI) plants. All VF and VI plants grown at 15 C from inoculated stem cuttings exhibited ATYP symptoms that included extreme stunting, resetting, and chlorotic symptoms of ring rot. More severe ATYP symptoms developed on VI than on VF plants. Up to 5 wk after inoculation withC. sepedonicum, ATYP symptom severity ratings of both VF and VI plants increased and declined thereafter. The ATYP severity ratings were highly correlated with fresh weight of plants with high severity ratings being associated with low fresh weights. These results emphasize the need to determine the role of temperature and viral pathogens on ring rot symptomology in existing and newly developed potato cultivars and thereby enable better field detection of bacterial ring rot.

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La bacteria de la pudrición anular,Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieck. y Kotth.) Skapt. y Burkh. [Clavibacter michiganense subsp.sepedonicum (Speck et Kotth.) Davis,et al.], y los virus latentes de la papa (potato virus S y potato virus X) fueron investigados por sus efectos en el desarrollo de síntomas atípicos de pudrición anular (ATYP) sobre plantas de papa Russet Burbank, a diferentes temperaturas. Las plantas, provenientes de esquejes de tallo, inoculadas en sus raíces conC. sepedonicum, y mantenidas a 21 C, desarrollaron una marchitez típica y síntomas cloróticos de la pudrición anular los que fueron igualmente severos sobre plantas libres de virus (LV) o infectadas con virus (IV). Todas las plantas LV e IV que fueron mantenidas a 15 C y que procedían de esquejes de tallo inoculados mostraron síntomas ATYP que incluyen extremado raquitismo, rosetamiento, y síntomas cloróticos de pudrición anular. Los síntomas ATYP se desarrollaron más severamente sobre plantas IV que sobre las IV. Hasta cinco semanas después de la inoculación conC. sepedonicum, los grados de severidad de los síntomas ATYP tanto de las plantas LV como las IV se acentuaron para declinar posteriormente. Los grados de severidad atípica estuvieron altamente correlacionados con el peso fresco de las plantas, estando los altos grados de severidad asociados con pesos frescos bajos. Estos resultados enfatizan la necesidad de determinar en rol de la temperatura y de los patógenos virales sobre la sintomatología de la pudrición anular de la papa en los cultivares existentes así como en los desarrollados recientemente y de ese modo lograr una mejor detección de la pudrición anular bacteriana en el campo.

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Nelson, G.A., Kozub, G.C. Effect of temperature and latent viruses on atypical ring rot symptoms of Russet Burbank potatoes. American Potato Journal 64, 589–597 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853761

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