Bacterial Diseases on Witloof Chicory Crops in Europe

Distribution of principal phytopathogenic bacterial populations on witloof chicory crops in Europe is reported. Different symptoms caused by phytopathogenic bacterial populations on different parts of witloof chicory plants are described. The first report of Pseudomonas fluorescens (Trevisanj Migula and occurrence of Erwinia carotovora (Jones, 1901) bacterial populations on witloof chicory cv. Rosso di Chioggia crops in Italy (Latium region), are reported. Risks of disease during different phases of production of this crop and phytosanitary measures to reduce the incidence of disease caused by these pathogens are discussed.