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List of potato diseases

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ6634597 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a list of diseases and disorders found in potatoes.

Bacterial diseases

Fungal diseases

Protistan diseases

Viral and viroid diseases

Nematode parasitic

Phytoplasmal diseases

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

References

Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society

Potato Diseases (Fact Sheets and Information Bulletins), The Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page

External links

Sparks, Adam; Kennelly, Megan (May 2008). "Common Scab of Potato" (PDF). Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Retrieved 2018-01-06.

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