Beans, Lima. = Lima beans may be affected by gray mold, bacterial 
soft rot, watery soft rot, bacterial blight, and other disease's 
during shipment and marketing. Some of these diseases destroy the 
pods and beans. Others make them so unattractive thet their marxet 
value is reduced. Losses may be reduced by not packing beans from 
badly affected crops, by careful grading, by adequate refrigeration, 
and by prompt marketing. 
Beans, Snap. — About 8 percent of the snap beans shipped to market 
are lost during transit, marketing, or in the hands of the consumer 
because of decay caused by Sclerotinia and Rhizoctonia, or their 
Salability is reduced by pod spots caused by bacterial blight or 
anthracnose. In some cars hh percent of the beans were affected. 
Losses may be reduced by not packing beans from badly diseased fields, 
by adequate refrigeration, and by prompt handling and utilization. 
Beets. = Most of the damage to beets is due to bacterial soft rot 
and gray mold rot of the leaves of bunched beets, This doss not 
affect the edibility of the root, but does seriously detract from 
the market valie, About 91 percent of the shipments are free of 
decay, but as much as 79 percent of the beets in some cars may be 
affected. Losses may be reduced by prompt‘handling and adequate 
refrigeration. 
Broccoli. = Decay due mostly to bacterial soft rot and leaf spot 
causes about 9.6 percent loss during shipment and in the retail 
store. Some of the affected bunches are a comolete loss and the 
salability of the package is reduced. Decay per car ranges from 
0 to 9h percent, but 90 percent of the cars are free of decay. 
Most of the losses occur in the shipments made from January through 
March. They may be reduced by adequate refrigeration during ship- 
ment and at the market, 
Brussels Sprouts. = Bacterial soft rot causes about 1.5 percent 
loss during shipment and probably additional losses during market- 
ing. It is found in about 0 percent of the cars shipped, and in 
some cars the damage may be as high as 39 percent. Losses may be 
reduced by packing only good-quality brussels sprouts and by 
refrigeration. 
eat age - Bacterial soft rot, watery soft rot, altesrnaria leaf 
spot, black rot, and gray mold cause a loss of about 11.6 percent 
during shipment and marketing. Some of the cabbage heads are come 
pletely destroyed, and others are made so unattractive that their © 
market value is greatly reduced. Losses may be reduced by packing 
only good-quality cabbage and by refrigeration. 
Carrots. - Bacterial soft rot, watery soft rot, gray mold, 
Rhizopus rot, and fusarium rot cause about ).2 percent loss during 
_ shipment and marketing. Bacterial soft rot affects the tops of 
bunched carrots as well as the roots. The other diseases occur 
mostly on the roots. Losses may be reduced by packing only good- 
quality carrots and by refrigeration. 
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