Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Welsh onion, Spring onion Bacterial soft rot
Host plant
  • Welsh onion, Spring onion
Disease nameBacterial soft rot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 軟腐病* [nampu-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Pectobacterium carotovorum (Jones 1901) Waldee 1945 emend. Gardan, Gouy, Christen & Samson 2003
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (1)
  • Bacillus cepivorus Delacroix
  • Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Jones 1901) Bergey, Harrison, Breed, Hammer & Huntoon 1923
References (1)
  • 卜蔵梅之丞:病虫雑 2(2):付録 31, 1915(大4)
  • 原 攝祐:実用作物病理学:469, 1925(大14)
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Dickeya sp.
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (2)
  • Erwinia chrysanthemi Burkholder, McFadden & Dimock 1953
References (2)
  • 瀧川雄一ら:日植病報 49(3):415, 1983
Related strains13 strains
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