Ring rot is a bacterial infection that breaks down a potato’s vascular system. It is not harmful to humans and potatoes with ring rot are safe to eat. Harmless dark spots can form on a potato ...

Potato ring rot has shown up on at least two Prince Edward Island farms, the provincial Department of Agriculture has confirmed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating now to ...

A potentially catastrophic potato disease has been discovered in the United Kingdom for the first time. Ring rot, which can cut potato harvests by half, was detected at a Welsh farm that supplies ...

Bacteria which causes a serious potato disease has been found for the first time in the UK, it emerged today. The bacterium c lavibacter michiganensis sepedonicus, which causes ring rot ...

The two confirmed cases are on seed potato farms in eastern Queens County. Ring rot is not a threat to human health, but the bacteria causes a ring of rot inside the potato that eventually can ...

Two consignments of ware potatoes imported from Poland have tested positive for ring rot, a notifiable disease that could pose a serious threat to domestic production if allowed to establish in ...

The discovery of a highly damaging potato disease in Wales has led to concerns about the disastrous consequences of a sustained outbreak in the UK, and more general worries about bio-security in the ...

Farmers are being warned to help prevent a potential potato famine after the emergence of a devastating crop disease. The first case of ring rot, which has been labelled "potato foot-and-mouth ...

leading to the planned destruction of 1,500 tons of seed potatoes. The presence of ring rot, a highly infectious bacteria that causes potatoes to rot, was discovered by the Department for ...

Ring Rot is caused by the bacterium Clavibacter Sependonicus and is a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland. The potatoes tested positive during a routine inspection carried out by the UK Plant ...