Potatoes are a vegetatively propagated crop, and many disease organisms including several viruses and a viroid are disseminated in tubers. The important role that tubers play in virus spread is recognized by the strict requirements for foundation...

rot develops slowly and may not be severe until quite late into the storage period. This decay may allow the entry of secondary organisms such as Fusarium fungi and soft rot bacteria. �CONTROL The following measures will help prevent the occurrence...
. Surface tubers infected by conidia washed from leaves. ~,'~'~:~~"~:,~~:~~,-'".~"~~~~"'~",~",~~~ ~~~~~' ~~"~ "Target" spots Early Blight Disease Cycle Adapted in part from North Dakota State University Extension Bulletin 26, 1976, 'Potato Production...