Potato diseases
by: Kanika SohaneyPosted on:

Potato diseases and their management

Major Potato diseases are:-

 S.No.  Diseases
 1.  Late blight of potato: Phytopthora infestans  potato late blight

lateblight of potato
 2.  Early blight: Alternaria solani  potato early blight
 3.  Post-harvest tuber rots: Sclerotium rolfsii  post harvest tuber rots of potato
 4.  Black scurf: Rhizoctonia solani  potato blackscurf
 5.  Common scab or corkey scab: Streptomyces scabies  potato scab
 6.  Brown rot or Bangle blight: Ralstonia solanacearum  bangle blight of Potato
 7.  Bacterial Soft rot: Erwinia carotovora subsp caratovora  bacterial soft rot of Potato

 

 

Source-

  • TamilNadu Agritech Portal
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