What is it about?
Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum strains of race 3 biovar 2A in potato is regarded as an important disease contributing to significant yield reduction of between 50 to 100 %. The disease is considered more difficult to control in field crop production owing to pathogen’s properties as a soil-borne bacterium, their broad host range and the genetic variation level within the strains which makes it difficult to employ a universal control measure for this disease
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Why is it important?
The reactions of potato mutants to bacterial wilt were varied and there was significant difference in selected agronomic traits and bacterial wilt resistance among varieties and between families of individual varieties.
Perspectives
I hope the article makes people understand the economic importance of bacterial wilt disease. and contribution to the science
Chepkoech Emmy
University of Eldoret
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This page is a summary of: Application of Gamma Induced Mutation in Breeding Potato for Bacterial Wilt Disease Resistance, International Journal of Pathogen Research, November 2020, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ijpr/2020/v5i330136.
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