Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae, more commonly known as the bacterial blight of carrot. Yield losses can occur in fields with extremely high disease incidences. Symptoms can include wilted leaves, dark brown streaks on petioles and stems of infected plants.

Symptoms of this disease take time to show and one of the main control measures is using disease-free (tested) seeds.

Detection and confirmation to species of specified pathogenic bacteria is undertaken by our plant health experts according to validated ISTA, EPPO and ISF methods.