Abstract
Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most destructive of all potato diseases. In the Bolivian Andes, it is common, but this does not seem to have always been the case. The aim of the present work was to review the historic literature to produce a record of the disease in Bolivia. No mention of late blight appears in any 19th century document. Indeed, the earliest mention of the disease is from 1943. Late blight would therefore seem to be a relatively new disease in Bolivia.
Highlights
Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans Mont. de Bary, is historically one of the most destructive of all potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) diseases
The Andean countries, including Bolivia, have significant value in studies related to the biology and epidemiology of P. infestans and its implications at local, regional and global levels for the management of late blight of potato (S. tuberosum L.) and tomato (Solanum sculentum L.)
Cardenas [10], writes: “... we discovered another white-flowered wild potato that showed lesions reminiscent of Phytophthora infestans infection.”
Summary
Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans Mont. de Bary, is historically one of the most destructive of all potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) diseases. During part of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, expeditions and botanical collections of cultivated and wild potato species for different regions of the Andean area of Bolivia, with the purpose of taxonomic studies and other scientific interest were made. The present work reviews the historical literature to provide a record of potato late blight in Bolivia.
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