Spanish Society of Microbiology
Potato buttons
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Published on 01/22/2026
Title: Potato buttons
Author: María Gutiérrez Pozo
Cranfield University
Descripción: Dry rot is the most important disease affecting potato tubers in storage. Fusarium spp. are the pathogens responsible of dry rot. A Fusarium spp. was isolated from tubers infected with dry rot. Potato were damaged and inoculated with a spore suspension of the isolate. Finally they were incubated at 25 ºC for three days, the result is shown on the picture.
