title: Detection of four major bacterial potato pathogens.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: DMB, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Greig
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: 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*