BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Solanum tuberosum L. (Potato)
Suggested Literature
General Works
| M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 | Black scurf of Potato |
Solanum tuberosum may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Solanum tuberosum:
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(live) | live is parasitised by | Golovinomyces orontii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
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Ing, B., 1990 |
| above ground parts (live) | live above ground parts may be infected and damaged by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph | Alternaria solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Cause of "Early Blight" of potatoes.] | ||
| leaf (live) | live leaf is spotted by | Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown spots or blotches, especially on margins and tips; dead areas curl up; rapidly spreads and leaves turn brown and rot. Causes "Potato Late Blight"] | ||
| leaf (live) | live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph | Alternaria solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, oval or irregular, brown or dark brown, often concentrically ridged, target spots which may enlarge rapidly to cover half the leaf. Cause of "Early Blight".] | ||
| leaf | leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva | Pachyprotasis variegata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) |
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Benson, R.B., 1952 | |
| leaf | leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva | Tenthredo atra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) | Benson, R.B., 1952 | ||
| root (live) | live root may be infected and damaged by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph | Polyscytalum pustulans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| root | root may be infected by Rhizoctonia anamorph | Helicobasidium purpureum - a ustilaginomycete (Helicobasidiaceae) | Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium] | ||
| sprout (young) | sprout (young) may be infected and damaged by hyphae of Rhizoctonia anamorph | Thanatephorus cucumeris - a basidiomycete fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae) | M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 [causes reddish brown lesions and discoloured areas, kills many shoots] | ||
| stem (base) (live) | live stem (base) is parasitised by teleomorph | Thanatephorus cucumeris - a basidiomycete fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae) | M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 [causes "Stem Canker", brown and black sunken lesions] | ||
| stem (cankered) | cankered stem is swollen by Rhizoctonia anamorph | Thanatephorus cucumeris - a basidiomycete fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae) | M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 [causes "Stem Canker", brown and black sunken lesions] | ||
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stem (dead) | dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium | Hymenoscyphus scutula - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
| stem (dead) | dead stem is decayed by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph | Colletotrichum coccodes - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| stem (live) | live stem is galled by | Synchytrium endobioticum - a chytridiomycete (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) | Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [Causes dark brown, cauliflower-like warts which can be quite large. "Potato Black Scab"] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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| stem (live) | live stem may be infected and damaged by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph | Polyscytalum pustulans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| stem (live, blackened) | live, blackened stem may be infected and damaged by | Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Potato Late Blight"] | ||
| stem | stem is foodplant of colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph | Helminthosporium solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Silver Scurf" disease] | ||
| stolon (cankered) | cankered stolon is swollen by Rhizoctonia anamorph | Thanatephorus cucumeris - a basidiomycete fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae) | M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 [causes "Stem Canker", brown and black sunken lesions] | ||
| stolon (live) | live stolon may be infected and damaged by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph | Polyscytalum pustulans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| storage area | storage area is associate of | Atractiella solani - a urediniomycete fungus (Atractiellales: Hoehnelomycetaceae) |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
| tuber (live) | live tuber is galled by | Synchytrium endobioticum - a chytridiomycete (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae) | 
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Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [Causes dark brown, cauliflower-like warts which can be quite large. "Potato Black Scab"] Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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| tuber (live) | live tuber may be infected and damaged by | Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [tubers develop a watery, reddish discolouration in and under the skin which spreads inwards. Causes "Potato Late Blight"] | ||
| tuber (live) | live tuber may be infected and damaged by effuse colony of Polyscytalum dematiaceous anamorph | Polyscytalum pustulans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Skin Spot" disease, especially after storage.] | ||
| tuber (live) | live tuber is spotted by | Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea - a protozoan slime mould (Plasmodiophorales: Plasmodiophoraceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Causes raised, more or less circular brown spots which burst to release brown spores. Causes "Powdery Scab" or "Corky Scab"] | ||
| tuber (live, pink-fleshed) | live, pink-fleshed tuber may be infected and damaged by | Phytophthora erythroseptica - a blight fungus (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Pink Rot" of Potatoes] | ||
| tuber (old) | old tuber is foodplant of Gliocladium anamorph | Nectria ventricosa - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| tuber (old) | old tuber is foodplant of erumpent stroma | Nectria ventricosa - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| tuber (rotting) | rotting tuber is foodplant of Fusarium anamorph | Nectria ventricosa - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| tuber (rotting) | rotting tuber is decayed by fruitbody | Coprinopsis radicans - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | ||
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tuber (wet, decaying) | wet, decaying tuber is decayed by larva | Xylota segnis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
| tuber | tuber may be infected and damaged by immersed pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph | Phoma exigua var. foveata - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Gangrene" of Potatoes.] | ||
| tuber | tuber is spotted by colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph | Helminthosporium solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Silver Scurf" disease where skin becomes discoloured brown or silvery in patches; most obvious when the tubers are washed.] | ||
| tuber | tuber may have superficial, but firmly attached sclerotium of Rhizoctonia anamorph | Thanatephorus cucumeris - a basidiomycete fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae) | M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 [causes "Black Scurf" disease] |
Solanum tuberosum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Solanum (a genus of nightshades) |
References
| Benson, R.B., 1952 | Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b) |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Fox, R.T.V., 2006 | Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus |
| Ing, B., 1990 | An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
| M. El Bakali, A. & Martin, M.P., 2006 | Black scurf of Potato |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
| Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 | Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls |
