Tag: soil-borne diseases

Colombia’s potato cultivation is a critical component of its agricultural landscape. With approximately 110,000 hectares dedicated to potato farming and an average yield of nearly 23 tons per hectare, the ...

Black dot is a tuber blemish disease of potatoes, caused by Colletotrichum coccodes. Nowadays this is becoming severe constraint for potato production worldwide. Black dot takes its name from the ...

Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) is a fungal blemish disease of potatoes (https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/SPONSU). The “powder” is comprised of spore balls (cystosori) that are released into the soil and can survive up ...