Anderson, J. A. D.


Publications
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A New ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ Species in Solanum tuberosum in New Zealand

Citation
Liefting et al. (2008). Plant Disease 92 (10)
Names
Liberibacter
Abstract
Symptoms resembling “zebra chip” disease (3) were observed in potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers harvested from a breeding trial in South Auckland, New Zealand in May 2008. The tubers had necrotic flecking and streaking that became marked when the potatoes were fried. Affected plants generally senesced early, at the beginning of April. The mean yield was approximately 60% less than expected and harvested tubers had less dry matter (13%) than normal (19%). Large numbers of the psyllid Bactericera