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LSU-Ag Center: Southern Bacterial Wilt Causing Problem in Louisiana Vegetables
May 21, 2021
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 21 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news:

By Johnny Morgan

Weeks of wet weather in Louisiana has led to damage from one of the most serious diseases of crops such as tomatoes, eggplant and bell peppers.

LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh said the disease is called southern bacterial wilt and is caused by the soil-borne bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum.

"In addition to so . . .

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