Rosselkhoznadzor on the eve of spring field work reminds of a harmful disease of potatoes - ring rot.
Crop losses from this disease can reach 45%.
Rot spreads when planting infected seed potatoes. Specialists of the Rosselkhoznadzor report that it is possible to identify diseased tubers by heating the seed material for 2-3 weeks at a temperature of 14 to 18 degrees.