Potato virus Y (PVY) represents one of the most significant viral threats to potato cultivation worldwide. This pathogen adversely affects both yield and tuber quality, leading to substantial economic ...
Tasmanian potato growers are now subject to a new set of biosecurity rules aimed at curbing the spread of potato mop top ...
Much like with COVID-19, a significant disease affecting potatoes, called potato virus Y, has been mutating into new and more concerning strains. Far fewer infections of the once-common strain PVY-O ...
Humans have largely moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but unbeknownst to most, potatoes have been experiencing their own global pandemic for decades. Because potatoes are grown by replanting them, ...
A North Dakota potato breeder brings in a speaker from Wyoming who has trained a dog to detect potato virus diseases using their nose. Andrea Parish of Dayton, Wyoming, sniffs bags of potato seed ...
A potato disease known as mop-top virus has been detected in Australia for the first time and is ravaging crops on a farm in Tasmania’s northwest. Biosecurity Tasmania were alerted to the virus and ...