First Report of Providencia rettgeri Causing Soft Rot on Calla lily in China

• Published in: Plant disease
• Main Authors: Wang, Xue, Wang, Di, Pun, Manoj Kumar, Gou, Rongxin, Liang, Hao, Wei, Zunzheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Pathogen detection; Causal Agent; Zantedeschia hybrida; Prokaryotes; soft rot; Subject Areas

Calla lily (Zantedeschia hybrida) is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in China and commonly used as cut flower. Water soaked lesions on the tuber and petiole followed by collapse of entire plant along with foul smell were noticed in a 4-hectare calla lily plantation in the Yanqing District o...