Bacterial wilt of potatoes

Authors

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

Keywords

Potatoes, Ralstonia solanacearum, Western Australia

Disciplines

Bacteriology | Horticulture | Plant Pathology

First Page Number

515

Last Page Number

516

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

EACH season, Bacterial Wilt causes heavy losses to individual growers in several of the potato districts throughout the South-West of the State.

The disease is incited by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum E.F.Sm. and is most prevalent in the districts of Donnvbrook. Pemberton and Manjimup as well as in the area between Waroona and Dardanup.

It is a tuber-borne disease which is extremely difficult to eradicate, once it has been introduced on to a property.

Recommended Citation

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia (1960) "Bacterial wilt of potatoes," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 1: No. 6, Article 12.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol1/iss6/12