| Dickeya solani | |
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| The symptoms of Dickeya solani on a potato stem in early summer. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Enterobacterales |
| Family: | Pectobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Dickeya |
| Species: | D. solani
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| Binomial name | |
| Dickeya solani van der Wolf et al. 2014[1]
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Dickeya solani is a bacterium that causes blackleg and soft rot in potato crops. Its symptoms are often indistinguishable from those caused by Pectobacterium but is more virulent, causing disease from lower levels of inoculum and spreading through the plant more effectively.[2]
It was first discovered in the Netherlands in 2005, before spreading rapidly, causing €25–30 million of damage annually by 2010. Three cases appeared in Scotland in 2009 and one in 2010.[3]
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Dickeya". LPSN.
- ^ Toth, I. K.; Van Der Wolf, J. M.; Saddler, G.; Lojkowska, E.; Hélias, V.; Pirhonen, M.; Tsror Lahkim, L.; Elphinstone, J. G. (2011). "Dickeya species: An emerging problem for potato production in Europe". Plant Pathology. 60 (3): 385. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02427.x.
- ^ William Surman (19 August 2010). "Major new disease threat to potatoes". Farmers Guardian. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 26 July 2011.