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PRO/PL> Dickeya blackleg, potato – USA: (HI)

Other Plant Disease -- United StatesIn Hawaii (US), _Dickeya dianthicola_ (EPPO A2 List) was detected for the 1st time in January 2018 in potato (_Solanum tuberosum_) plants showing symptoms of bacterial soft rot. Infected plants had been collected from a potato field on Oahu.[Original publication: ]--Communicated by:ProMED-mail[Blackleg of potato can be caused by several species and subspecies of bacteria in the genera _Pectobacterium_ and _Dickeya_. Symptoms may include stem rot leading to leaf Read more [...]