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peer-reviewed research article

Losses due to lenticel rot are an increasing concern for Kern County potato growers

authors

James J. Farrar, California State University
J. Joseph Nunez, UC Cooperative Extension
R. Michael Davis, UC Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 63(3):127-130. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v063n03p127. July-September 2009.

Summary

Integrated cultural methods are needed to control soft-rot diseases of potatoes caused by Erwinia bacteria.

author affiliations

J.J. Farrar is Professor, Department of Plant Science, California State University, Fresno; J.J. Nunez is Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County; R.M. Davis is Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis;

author notes

We thank the California Potato Research Advisory Board for research funding.