Bacterial soft rot is a disease complex caused by multiple genera of gram-negative and
gram-positive bacteria, with Dickeya and Pectobacterium being the most widely studied soft …

Dickeya species (formerly Erwinia chrysanthemi) cause diseases on numerous crop and
ornamental plants world‐wide. Dickeya spp.(probably D. dianthicola) were first reported on …

The soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) Pectobacterium and Dickeya species (formerly
classified as pectinolytic Erwinia spp.) cause important diseases on potato and other arable …

Soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) are ubiquitous on earth as there are records of findings
from all continents where host plants are grown. This chapter describes information on soft …

Abstract In South Africa during the 2006/2007 potato growing season, outbreaks of blackleg
occurred, causing severe economic losses in commercial potato production fields …

Pectinolytic Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. are necrotrophic bacterial pathogens of
many important crops, including potato, worldwide. This study reports on the isolation and …

Pectobacterium atrosepticum, P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis, P. carotovorum subsp.
carotovorum, and P. wasabiae were detected in potato stems with blackleg symptoms using …

In western Europe, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense is emerging as a causal
agent of blackleg disease. In field experiments in the Netherlands, the virulence of this …

Aims Pectobacterium carotovorum is a heterogeneous species consisting of two named
subspecies, P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and P. carotovorum subsp. odoriferum. A …

Colonization of potato plants by soilborne, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Dickeya
sp. IPO2254 was investigated by selective plating, epifluorescence stereo microscopy …