Show brown rot injurious 4 to early potato dro crop p Irre prepared pared by the united states department ot at agriculture culture 1 pot potato a to growers in the south should be prepared to recognize potato brown rot a bacterial disease affecting the earby crop potatoes says the united states department of agriculture the disease Is common ip in tiie the south atlantic and gulf states potato regions and unlike many fungous diseases Is often roost most severe on virgin soil never previously cropped to potatoes it sometimes happens that early recognition of the disease enables the grower to harvest most of his crop of tubers before the brown rot reaches the tubers department circular C potato brown rot describes the diseases and its effects on potato plants and tubers tells how the disease spreads and the best procedure to minimize losses this publication Is now available for free distribution those interested should apply to the office of information united states department of agriculture washington D C |