Other Plant Disease — Australia
One of the most significant challenges [potato] producers face is the fight against pink rot. The soil-borne pathogen can wreak havoc on entire paddocks and render them unsuitable for cultivation. It causes rapid rotting of potato tubers, in-ground and in storage. It can result in significant yield losses, product downgrade, and rejection. Some paddocks experience a regular loss from 5 to 30 per cent even when recommended fungicide treatments are applied.
A new project at the Tasmanian
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