Claim · model-written summary
Garlic bulbs from Lorain County had discoloration, splitting, basal plate damage and reduced roots.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Organ / stage
- Bulbse0
- Outcome
- discolored, exhibited splitting, and had basal plate damage including reduced rootse0
- Setting
- Lorain County, OHe0
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Verbatim
e0“In July 2013, diseased garlic bulbs were received from a grower in Lorain County, OH, from a field with wide symptom distribution. Bulbs were discolored, exhibited splitting, and had basal plate damage including reduced roots.”
Title
First Report of Bloat Nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) Infecting Garlic in Ohio
A. L. Testen; E. K. Walsh; C. G. Taylor; et al. Plant Disease 2014. doi:10.1094/pdis-11-13-1121-pdn
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Nematodes recovered from garlic bulbs had morphology matching D. dipsaci.
- Observation Garlic nematode ITS sequences had 99 to 100% identity with D. dipsaci accessions.
- Observation Garlic nematode D2-D3 sequences had 99% identity with D. dipsaci accessions.
- Recommendation Nematode-free or treated garlic bulbs are essential to prevent introduction of the pathogen.