Virus Problems of Potatoes
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Scan day: 04 March 2014 UTC
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Virus safety - good
Description: Photographs of symptoms and information on virus Y, leafroll virus, virus S, virus X, mop top virus, spraing, tobacco rattle virus, potato spindle tuber viroid and alfalfa mosaic virus.
Mary E. Burrows and Thomas A. Zitter USDA-ARS and Department of Plant Pathology Potatoes can be infected by many different viruses that can reduce yield and tuber quality. Virus diseases can often be diagnosed by mosaic patterns on leaves, stunting of the plant, leaf malformations, and tuber malformations. Symptoms are not always expressed due to interactions between the virus and the potato plant, growing conditions such as fertility and the weather, or the age of the plant when it is infected. Serology and nucleic acid detection techniques are often used to diagnose and characterize suspected virus diseases. Listed below are several common viral diseases of potatoes in
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