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Disease resistance is important in potato selection. These potatoes were inoculated with the fungus that causes the storage disease known as dry rot. Plant pathologist Dennis Corsini and scientific aide Penny Tubbs examine the tubers for disease symptoms.
Photo by Scott Bauer.
