Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection Podcast: Potato soft rot

Image: Bin of potatoes which have broken down and rotted after harvest (©2023 DPIRD)

Management of rots, both in the field and post-harvest, is an ongoing challenge for potato producers. Agronomists Marc Hinderager and Dr Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse discuss a trial that was set up to explore the effect of sanitisers and/or drying on the development of post-harvest bacterial soft rot in potatoes.

Please note that Erwinia is discussed as the causal oraganism of soft rots. The causal organisms of soft rots have been reclassified as Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.

For more information on rots, watch this PotatoLink webinar with Dr Phillip Wharton from Idaho University, or read this webpage from the WA department of primary industries and regional development

This project has been funded by Hort Innovation using the vegetable research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture

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