Proradix also increases the resistance of potatoes to Erwinia

Erwinia Test

In 2008 Sourcon Padena carried out the first positive tests against the pathogen causing bacterial soft rot (Erwinia carotovora).

The Erwinia bacteria generally survive in infected tubers showing no symptoms and migrate with the sap flow to young shoots and newly formed daughter tubers. A further significant form of distribution is the movement of infection from tuber to tuber via transport over the ground water.

On the basis of the results obtained, it can be assumed that treatment with Proradix can protect adjacent tubers from infection with Erwinia and that the pathogenic potency of infected tubers will be reduced.