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PRO/PL> Brown rot, potato – Switzerland: alert

Other Plant Disease -- SwitzerlandThe bacterial pathogen _Ralstonia solanacearum_ (Rs) has been identified for the first time in Switzerland. It was detected by laboratory analysis in early 2017 in several Cantons in a number of nurseries on ornamental rose plants imported from the Netherlands. It is, at the least, suspected in additional sites in other parts of the country.The names of the businesses concerned are not being released by the authorities, due to economic considerations and because, Read more [...]