Occurrence of a soft rot of calla («Zantedeschia aethiopica») caused by «Pectobacterium carotovorum» subsp. «carotovorum» in central Italy

Chiaraluce Moretti, Concetta Caglioti, Marco Innocenti, Roberto Buonaurio

Abstract


Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum causing soft rot of calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica) plants
is reported in central Italy. Bacterial isolates were identified by biochemical, physiological and pathogenicity tests
and characterized by the API 50 CHE Kit and rep-PCR.

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