Siberian Institute of Plant
Physiology and Biochemistry, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia tel.: (395-2)42-50-09, fax: (395-2)51-07-54, e-mail: shafikova@sifibr.irk.ru
Received June 2, 2008
Abstract - Bacterial ring rot caused by Clavibacter michiganensis
ssp. sepedonicus is a widespread disease of potato resulting in
significant economic lost in agriculture and seed growing. A latent
form of this infection makes difficulties for diagnostics and
facilitates the quick disease propagation. Polymerase chain reaction is
the best method for the disease control.
