{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-85/annex-I/division-7/division-7.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-85/annex-I/division-7/division-7.8.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1993/85",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 93/85/EEC of 4 October 1993 on the control of potato ring rot",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-85",
  "path": "annex/I/division/7/division/7.8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7.8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Examine regularly for symptoms starting after a week. Count the number of plants showing symptoms. C. m. subsp. sepedonicus causes leaf wilting in eggplants which may commence as a marginal or interveinal flaccidity. Wilted tissue may initially appear dark green or mottled but turns paler before becoming necrotic. Interveinal wilts often have a greasy water-soaked appearance. Necrotic tissue often has a bright yellow margin. Plants are not necessarily killed; the longer the period before symptoms develop, the greater the chance of survival. Plants may outgrow the infection. Young eggplants are much more susceptible to low populations of C. m. subsp. sepedonicus than are older plants, hence the necessity to use plants at or just before leaf stage 3.\nWilts may also be induced by populations of other bacteria or fungi present in the tuber tissue pellet. These include Ralstonia solanacearum, Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora and E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica, Erwinia chrysanthemi, Phoma exigua var. foveata , as well as large populations of saprophytic bacteria. In particular Erwinia chrysanthemi can cause leaf symptoms and wilt that is very similar to symptoms of C. m. sepedonicus . The only difference is blackening of the stems in case in Erwinia chrysanthemi infections. Other wilts can be distinguished from those caused by C. m. subsp. sepedonicus since whole leaves or whole plants wilt rapidly. Also a Gram stain can be prepared: this test will differentiate C. m. subsp. sepedonicus from Erwinia spp.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2006/56/EC of 12 June 2006 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 93/85/EEC on the control of potato ring rot."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/85/annex/I/division/7/division/7.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:17.858184+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}