Diversity, Pathogenicity, and Current Occurrence of Bacterial Wilt Bacterium in Peru.

The current bacterial wilt infestation level in the potato fields in the Peruvian Andes was investigated by collecting stem samples from wilted plants and detecting . In total 39 farmers' fields located in the central and northern Peru between the altitudes 2111 and 3742 m above sea level were sampled. was detected in 19 fields, and in 153 out of the 358 samples analyzed.