BACTERIAL SOFT ROT
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Carrot

SOURCE:
APS
DISEASE:
Bacterial soft rot
HOST:
Carrot
(Daucus carota)
Carrots with advanced stage of soft rot. Lesions on taproots are sunken and dull orange. The epidermis may stay intact in early stages of disease.
PATHOGEN:
Dickeya sp.
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Erwinia chrysanthemi