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Common scab (Potato scab) | Potato

HOST:Potato
HOST (LATIN):Solanum tuberosum
PATHOGEN:Streptomyces scabiei
SYNONYM:Streptomyces scabies
SOURCE:A. Secor

Symptoms of common scab vary depending upon the cultivar. The lesions can be shallow or deep, erumpent and corky, and vary in color.