• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.19-22
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• 2000

Ten samples were collected from soft rotted ornamental foliage plants, that were cultivated in the vinyl-houses in Taejeon, Yeoju, Seongnam, Kimhae and Cheju during 1998 to 1999. Studies on morphological, cultural, physiological and pathological characteristics indicated that the bacteria from Begonia heimalis, Saintpaulia sp. and Clivia miniata were Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, E. carotovora subsp. carotovora the first description of bacteria which caused bacterial soft on Begonia heimalis, Saintpaulia sp., and Clivia miniata in Korea.