Seed potatoes with dangerous pathogen shipped to Kazakhstan

Published 2021년 11월 5일

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has confiscated 228 tons of seed potatoes from Germany, the Netherlands, and France, as well as 46.4 kilograms of carrot seed from France, due to contamination with the dangerous bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum. This bacterium poses a significant threat to the cultivation of potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, and celery. The Almaty Zonal Quarantine Laboratory has confirmed the presence of this bacterium in the potato batches.

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has seized 228 tons of seed potatoes from Germany, the Netherlands and France, as well as 46.4 kilograms of carrot seed from France that was contaminated with a dangerous bacteria. The bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (foliage yellowing disease) is a threat to the cultivation of potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, celery. In the US and New Zealand, losses from this bacterium cause serious economic damage, and in Europe this pathogen can cause a loss of 100% of the root crop. The presence of ...

Source: AGF