Chuck’s problem appears to be bacterial soft rot described as slimy, soft and foul-smelling. This problem is usually a two-phase situation, neither of which involve using a fungicide.

If the irises are not healthy, there's a different problem. The wet weather this spring contributed to bacterial soft rot. The rhizomes turn to smelly yellow mush and the plants collapse.

BACTERIAL soft rot of vegetables and the retting of flax are both due to decomposition of the pectin complex in the middle lamella, in the former case resulting in a loss of cohesion between the ...

MANILA, Philippines - Sansevierias come from the arid regions of Africa. Plants are popular worldwide as indoor plants where they survive dry conditions indoor and some varieties may survive for ...

As outlined in their study, blackleg and soft rot are diseases caused by bacteria in the Pectobacterium species and, recently, the Dickeya species. Additionally, they can also lead to crop loss.

and identified bacteria from a particular group—soft rot Pectobacteria—that have been shown to cause or have been associated with soft rot and blackleg. "The key results are that many more ...

The extended hot and humid days we have been experiencing has set up conditions favorable for a cabbage disease called black rot. This bacterial disease can infect any of the crops in the cabbage ...