Detection of four major bacterial potato pathogens.
Ring rot, brown rot and blackleg represent major bacterial pathogens of potato. The methods described below are aimed at basic identification of ring rot, brown rot or blackleg in a tuber sample.
Kerr
Ellen M
EM
DMB, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, Edinburgh, UK.
Cahill
Greig
G
Fraser
Karen
K
D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000382:microbiology*