WA spuds cop another biosecurity hit

Ashley Walmsley
July 13 2017 - 8:30am
BAD SIGN: Blackleg symptoms in a potato stem caused by Dickeya dianthicola which was discovered in a commercial potato crop north of Perth last week.
BAD SIGN: Blackleg symptoms in a potato stem caused by Dickeya dianthicola which was discovered in a commercial potato crop north of Perth last week.

AUSTRALIAN potato growers face yet another biosecurity risk with a new bacteria threat emerging in Western Australia this month.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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