Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1997), pp. 103-107 (5 pages) Rhizopus oryzae, a mucoraceous fungus, causes soft rot of sweet potato in storage. The optimum temperature which ...

Your favorite potato chip might be at risk, as new potato diseases have been identified in Pennsylvania. Several species of bacteria that had not been seen before in the state, as well as one that had ...

As the home of many beloved snack companies, Pennsylvania values its potatoes. Tasty tubers across the state may face the threat of newly identified pathogen strains, though, according to researchers ...

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the second most important crop after maize in Kenya and plays a major role in national food production and security. Despite its importance, production is constrained by ...

Despite advances in increased food production, half of all world’s harvested food is lost due to rot caused by microorganisms. Plants emit various volatile organic compounds into their surrounding ...

A METHOD of isolating soft rot bacteria from soil using immature potato tubers as a form of enrichment medium was described by Kerr 1. He found that of twenty Scottish soils examined all contained ...

Half of the world’s harvested food is lost to rot caused by microorganisms. A team of researchers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani ...

BACTERIAL soft rot of vegetables and the retting of flax are both due to decomposition of the pectin complex in the middle lamella, in the former case resulting in a loss of cohesion between the cells ...

University of Idaho Extension has published a new bulletin to help potato farmers recognize the symptoms of bacterial rot and protect their operations from the devastating crop disease. Idaho hasn’t ...

Researchers have developed a sensor that detects rot in potatoes and inhibits the disease from growing and spreading to other plants. Despite advances in increased food production, half of all world's ...