Threat of establishment of non-indigenous potato blackleg and tuber soft rot pathogens in Great Britain under climate change.

ABSTRACT: Potato blackleg and soft rot caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species are among the most significant bacterial diseases affecting potato production globally. In this study we estimate the impact of future temperatures on establishment of non-indigenous but confirmed Pectobacterium and Dickeya species in Great Britain (GB). The calculations are based on probabilistic climate change data and a model fitted to disease severity data from a controlled environment tuber assay with the dominant potato blackleg and soft rot-causing species in GB (P. atrosepticum), and three of the main causative agents in Europe (P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense, P. parmentieri, Dickeya solani). Our aim was to investigate if the European strains could become stronger competitors in the GB potato ecosystem as

SUBMITTER: Skelsey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185848 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature