Plant Disease (2021) 105 (6 - 1864)

M.V. Voronina, A.A. Lukianova, M.M. Shneider, A.A. Korzhenkov, S.V. Toschakov, K.A. Miroshnikov, D.M. Vasiliev and A.N. Ignatov (2021)
First report of Pectobacterium polaris causing soft rot and blackleg of potato in Russia
Plant Disease 105 (6 - 1864)
Abstract: Between 2012 and 2019 potato plants (Solanum tuberosum) grown in the Central European part of Russia were surveyed for blackleg and soft rot in the field and storage. Symptoms included decay of tubers, blackening of stem vascular bundles, and partial yellowing of leaves. The previously unreported bacterium Pectobacterium polaris was detected during the survey. The identification was based on PCR analysis and nucleotide sequencing of the isolates. Pathogenicity of the Pectobacterium polaris isolates was demonstrated by inoculation and re-isolation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Alexander N. Ignatov

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pectobacterium polaris	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Russia (Eur.)