Bacterial wilt, brown rot
potato, it is tuber-borne. Spread from plant to plant results from bacteria moving from the roots of infected plants to neighbouring plants. The bacteria [...] and when the stem is cut, bacterial slime oozes from the wound. This is the way to distinguish it from Verticillium or Fusarium wilts. Life cycle and [...] help the bacteria to infect the crop Do not use cut potatoes for propagation, since cutting tubers can increase disease incidence with up to 250% Quarantine