Poland with its "ziemniak" can kill all European potato growing

Polish potatoes, which are called "ziemniak" in this country, frightens vegetable growers all over Europe. The reason for all this is a dangerous infection of plants, because of which the products from Poland has already been banned in the UK, as the publication informs Profit.Ro .

In the meantime, the British State Plant Protection and Seed Inspection Service is checking Polish potatoes. The reason is the detection of dangerous ring rot (Clavibacter sepedonicus), affecting both the top of plants and their roots.

And the official Warsaw is in a panic looking for a possible way out of a difficult situation. So, in February, the Ministry of Agriculture of the country announced that it would reduce the fee for laboratory studies of potatoes intended for planting.

"This decision was introduced to help farmers reduce the incidence of diseases caused by Clavibacter sepedonicus," the agency said in an official press release.

The subsidy will cover 90% of research costs.

"The main way to prevent the spread of bacteria is to comply with the principles of phytosanitary hygiene, and the most important thing is to take care of the healthy material used for planting. Therefore, checking potatoes before planting is of great benefit. First of all, material with a known health status will be used for planting, and as a result, the bacterium will not be brought to the fields on the farm," the ministry explains.

What is Clavibacter sepedonicus? The bacterium does not pose a threat to human and animal health — it is harmful only to plants. True, they are struck quickly and ruthlessly.