
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Harrison, DE 
T1  - Bacterial wilt of potatoes.  I.  Field symptoms of the disease and studies on the causal organism, <I>Pseudomonas solanacearum</I> variety asiaticum
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1961
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SP  - 854
EP  - 871
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9610854 
N2  - By comparison with Kew South Wales and Rhodesian strains of Pseudomonas solanacearum, and a Canadian culture of Corynebacterium sepedonicum, it has been shown that the causal organism of bacterial wilt of potatoes in Victoria is a strain of Ps. Solanacearum, identified as variety asiaticum. This disease is a serious problem in the Koo-wee-rup and Gembrook areas. Many of the local isolates have no brown pigment, while others have a moderate degree of pigmentation, though much less than that of the Kew South Wales strains studied. Detailed symptoms of the disease are given; also the morphological, cultural, physiological, and pathogenic reactions compared with those of the other strains of Ps. Solanacearum studied. A serological study of these organisms will be presented in another paper. 
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