Fusarium Dry Rot of Potato
Fusarium spp.
Potatofungal
A common storage disease entering tubers through wounds, producing a sunken, wrinkled dry rot.
Symptoms
Sunken, wrinkled, dry brown rot in stored tubers, usually starting at wound sites.
Favorable conditions
- •Wounds from harvest and handling
- •Poor curing conditions after harvest
Management
- 1Avoid wounding tubers at harvest
- 2Cure tubers properly before long-term storage
- 3Treat seed with a labeled fungicide
- 4Biological seed treatments can reduce disease
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