Abstract
Pectolytic Erwinia spp. cause soft rot diseases of many agricultural crops. One of the species, Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Bergey et al., is an important pathogen of potato and can cause significant losses. Consequently, most of the studies carried out in the quest to understand the pathogenesis and epidemiology of pectolytic erwiniae have been done on E. carotovora in relation to the potato. Also in this paper, the discussion will be limited to the serology and epidemiology of E. carotovora strains occurring on potato.
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De Boer, S.H. (1987). Serology and Epidemiology of Erwinia Carotovora . In: Civerolo, E.L., Collmer, A., Davis, R.E., Gillaspie, A.G. (eds) Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3555-6_22
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