Effect of Air-Drying on Soft Rot Potential of Potato Tubers Inoculated by Immersion in Suspensions ofErwinia carotovora

Plant Disease ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Bartz
Keyword(s):  
Soft Rot ◽  
Potato Tubers ◽  
Air Drying ◽  
Oferwinia Carotovora

scholarly journals Compatible Mixture of Bacterial Antagonists Developed to Protect Potato Tubers from Soft Rot Caused by Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.

Plant Disease ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 1374-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota M. Krzyzanowska ◽  
Tomasz Maciag ◽  
Joanna Siwinska ◽  
Marta Krychowiak ◽  
Sylwia Jafra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Rot ◽  
Synergistic Activity ◽  
Potato Tubers ◽  
Bacterial Antagonists ◽  
Screening Protocol ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Tissue Maceration ◽  
Disease Pressure

Possibilities to protect potato tubers from rotting caused by Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) under disease favoring conditions were investigated using compatible mixtures of bacterial antagonists and tested with a newly developed stepwise efficacy-based screening protocol. Twenty-two bacterial antagonists were evaluated against a combination of five Pectobacterium and Dickeya strains representing species and subspecies most often associated with potato soft rot in Europe. To enable potential synergistic activity, the antagonists were initially tested against the combination of pathogens in 15 random mixtures containing up to 5 antagonists each. Three mixtures (M2, M4, and M14) out of 15 tested reduced tuber tissue maceration due to soft rot. The individual antagonists derived from M2, M4, and M14 mixtures were tested on potato slices and whole tuber injection assays. These five strains (S. plymuthica strain A294, E. amnigenus strain A167, R. aquatilis strain H145, S. rubidaea strain H440, and S. rubidaea strain H469) were combined to develop a tailored biological control mixture against potato soft rot. The new mixture, designated the Great Five (GF), was tested on seed potato tubers vacuum infiltrated with antagonists and subsequently with the combination of five SRP pathogens. In these experiments, the GF mixture provided stable protection of inoculated potato tubers, reducing soft rot by 46% (P = 0.0016) under high disease pressure conditions. The A294, A167, H145, H440, and H469 antagonists were characterized for features important for viable commercial applications including growth at different temperatures, resistance to antibiotics, and potential toxicity toward Caenorhabditis elegans. The implications for control of soft rot caused by SRP with the use of the GF mixture of antagonists are discussed.

scholarly journals Effect of some chemicals on incidence of poato soft rot disease in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
MM Rahman ◽  
AA Khan ◽  
IH Mian ◽  
AM Akanda ◽  
MZ Alam
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Boric Acid ◽  
Soft Rot ◽  
Pectobacterium Carotovorum ◽  
Potato Tubers ◽  
Soft Rot Disease ◽  
Bleaching Powder ◽  
Carotovorum Subsp ◽  
Rot Disease

Bactericidal effect was investigated by chemicals against potato soft rot bacteria in vitro and in storage. The chemicals were acetic acid, boric acid, bleaching powder, lactic acid, calcium hydroxide, calcium chloride, potassium chloride and sodium hypo-chloride. Among eight  chemicals only three chemicals viz. acetic acid, boric acid and bleaching powder showed bactericidal activity against potato soft rot bacteria  Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (E. carotovora subsp. carotovora) P-138 in vitro. Based on the results of in vitro experiment three chemicals, acetic acid, boric acid and bleaching powder were used to control soft rot disease of potato in storage. Fresh potato tubers were dipped in 0.2% solution/suspensions of acetic acid, boric acid and bleaching powder for 30 min. Then soft rot bacteria Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum P-138 was inoculated on potato. Finally potatoes were stored for 22 weeks in net bags in sterilized condition. All the three chemicals significantly decreased the infection rate, loss in weight and increased percentage of disease reduction (PDR) of potato. Boric acid was the most effective in controlling the soft rot disease of potato in storage followed by acetic acid and bleaching powder. So these chemicals may be used for seed purpose storage of potato tubers for year round storage at farmer’s level.Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 52(2), 135-140, 2017

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