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Streptomyces ipomoeae (Streptomycete soil rot (pox) )
Streptomyces ipomoeae
Streptomycete soil rot (pox)
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Asia: Japan, Vietnam; North America: USA
AZ, CA, FL, IA, NJ, TX
2025-11-05
bacterium
Sudan
Main: sweet potato
STREIP
Streptomyces ipomoeae is soil-borne causing soil rot of sweet potato, producing corky brown lesions on roots. It spreads through contaminated soil or infected plant material. It causes more damage in dry alkaline soils and can survive in soil for long periods. Seed is not a pathway.
1 Hosts
Ipomoea batatas
sweet potato
No
CABI CPC, STREIP-1, STREIP-2, STREIP-3
Seed is not a known pathway.
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CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
STREIP-1
Ames, T. (1997). Sweetpotato: major pests, diseases, and nutritional disorders. International Potato Center.
STREIP-2
Loria, R., Bukhalid, R. A., Fry, B. A., & King, R. R. (1997). Plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Plant disease, 81(8), 836-846.
STREIP-3
Ristaino, J. B. (1993). Infection of sweetpotato fibrous roots by Streptomyces ipomoeae: Influence of soil water potential. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 25(2), 185-192.
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