The fungal and fungus-like diseases of potato, sugar beet and other crops grown for an underground storage organ, gathered here because these crops share a set of soil-borne and storage pathogens distinct from those of above-ground fruit, cereal and vegetable crops. Late blight, the potato disease responsible for the Irish potato famine and still the most economically important disease of potato worldwide, anchors this group alongside the powdery mildew, leaf spot and post-harvest soft rot pathogens documented on sugar beet and other root and tuber crops in the field and in storage.
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Primary Host Crop Class Potato and Root Crop Diseases
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1. Wikipedia: Root vegetable
WikipediaRoot vegetable, lead section (Potato and Root Crop Diseases group, host classification)Quote, Root vegetable, lead section (Potato and Root Crop Diseases group, host classification)
Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans and other animals as food.
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