Streptomyces scabiei
potato scab
Actinomyces scabies, Oospora scabies, Streptomyces scabies
Worldwide. This disease should be considered widespread across all major potato-growing regions.
CT, FL, IN, ME, MI, MN, NE, NY, ND, WV
2025-11-05
bacterium
Sudan
Main: potato; Other: groundnut, beet, carrot, parsnip, radish
STRESC
Streptomyces scabiei is soil-borne. It spreads through contaminated soil, infected seed tubers, or equipment. It thrives in alkaline, dry soils. Seed is not a known pathway.
5 Hosts
Beta vulgaris
beet
No
CABI CPC, STRESC-1, STRESC-2, STRESC-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
2025-11-05 16:53:11
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Goyer, C. and Beaulieu, C. (1997). Host range of Streptomycete strains causing common scab. Plant Disease 81: 901-904
Lambert & Loria (1989) — Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 387-392
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R.A., Fry, B.A. and King, R.R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant Disease 81(8): 836-846.
Daucus carota
carrot
No
CABI CPC, STRESC-1, STRESC-2, STRESC-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
2025-11-05 16:50:39
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Goyer, C. and Beaulieu, C. (1997). Host range of Streptomycete strains causing common scab. Plant Disease 81: 901-904
Lambert & Loria (1989) — Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 387-392
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R.A., Fry, B.A. and King, R.R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant Disease 81(8): 836-846.
Pastinaca sativa
parsnip
No
CABI CPC, STRESC-1, STRESC-2, STRESC-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
2025-11-05 16:53:47
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Goyer, C. and Beaulieu, C. (1997). Host range of Streptomycete strains causing common scab. Plant Disease 81: 901-904
Lambert & Loria (1989) — Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 387-392
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R.A., Fry, B.A. and King, R.R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant Disease 81(8): 836-846.
Raphanus sativus
radish
No
CABI CPC, STRESC-1, STRESC-2, STRESC-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
2025-11-05 16:52:14
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Goyer, C. and Beaulieu, C. (1997). Host range of Streptomycete strains causing common scab. Plant Disease 81: 901-904
Lambert & Loria (1989) — Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 387-392
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R.A., Fry, B.A. and King, R.R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant Disease 81(8): 836-846.
Solanum tuberosum
potato
No
CABI CPC, STRESC-1, STRESC-2, STRESC-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
2025-11-05 16:51:42
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Goyer, C. and Beaulieu, C. (1997). Host range of Streptomycete strains causing common scab. Plant Disease 81: 901-904
Lambert & Loria (1989) — Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 39: 387-392
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R.A., Fry, B.A. and King, R.R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant Disease 81(8): 836-846.
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