BACTERIAL SOFT ROT
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Cabbage

SOURCE:
M. Goto
DISEASE:
Bacterial soft rot
HOST:
Cabbage
(Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Rot of cabbage caused by Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis. Rot caused by P. viridiflava has similar symptoms of water-soaking and blackening of cabbage heads. Both diseases occur mainly during the winter season.
PATHOGEN:
Pseudomonas marginalis pv. marginalis