Search Result for 'virus'

Potato Virus Y (PVY) is a serious threat to potato crops worldwide, causing significant yield losses and reduced quality. In this article, we will explore the impact of PVY on potato production, ...

Potato Leaf Roll Virus (PLRV) is a viral disease that causes significant damage to potato crops worldwide. This article aims to provide an overview of the PLRV disease, including its symptoms, transmission, ...

Mop-top virus is a serious disease that affects potato crops, leading to significant yield losses and quality reduction. In this article, we will discuss the causes and symptoms of mop-top virus, as ...

Potato farming is an essential component of agriculture, providing nourishing food to millions of people worldwide. However, potato crops can be vulnerable to various diseases, including the Potato Y Virus. In this ...

For thousands of years, crops have been shaped by domestication processes. Farmers cross-breed and select new varieties, adapted to constantly changing environments. Although efficient, this process is time consuming. Moreover, the desired ...

In the 21st century, "collaboration" has become a popular buzzword, but effectively working together across disciplines and countries is easier said than done. However, authentic collaboration is critical to the fight against ...

PVX persists in infected seed potatoes or volunteer potato plants. This virus is transmitted mechanically and by plant-to-plant contact.Symptoms. PVX is usually symptomless, but may cause a mild mosaic symptom. Mixed infection ...

PVY is the common strain of the PVY complex and is the most important virus infecting potatoes in Ontario. PVY persists in infected seed potatoes, volunteer potato plants and some weed hosts.Other ...

The potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is introduced into a potato field either by planting infected seed tubers or by aphid transmission. Several species of aphids cantransmit PLRV, but the green peach aphid ...

Alfalfa mosaic virus is transmitted by aphids. Aphids acquire the virus from infected alfalfa or clover plants or from infected volunteer potato plants.

The increasingly unpredictable climate is triggering a new set of challenges to the Scottish potato industry, where milder summers and winters are leading to an increasing risk of virus transmission in seed ...

Instead of chemical additives this year, science is using river algae as fertilizer. For twenty years of work, scientists of the institute have developed and patented three varieties of potatoes - "Kolymsky", ...

Good news: the newest ‘high-tech tool’ for diagnosing crop disease is also man’s best friend — a friendly dog. Specifically, it’s a crew of five dogs trained by Andrea Parish of Dayton, ...

Employees of the department control the supply of crop tubers to the regionThis year, about 4,000 hectares of potatoes are planned to be planted in the Kharabalinsky district alone. Entrepreneurs buy seed ...

In Bashkortostan this year, the area under potatoes will be increased. This was stated in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic. In 2022, the farmers of the region plan to sow ...

When it comes to reporting about potato virus Y (PVY), it’s a good news, bad news kind of story.

     "How many seed potatoes would you like to purchase? Okay, I will mark it out for you." Still a month to go before the large-scale potato planting in the northern region. ...

Greater understanding of the biology of one of the most destructive plant viruses to potato crops will be the focus of a research hub at the University of Maine that is part ...

Potato viral diseases can be difficult to identify from leaf symptoms alone. The symptoms can vary depending on the virus strain (or strains), cultivar, age of the plant when it was infected, ...

Agrifirm and HZPC are joining forces in a demonstration project into lice netting and straw as virus prevention in the cultivation of the first generations in seed potatoes

The prevalence of virus in seed potato stocks is challenging the industry and we are at a tipping point

With a digital noise counting system, monitoring no longer lags behind

A new report indicates the pyrethroid sensitivity of two important aphid virus vectors

Without adequate H-2A agriculture employees at planting and beyond, some U.S. farmers face a crippling financial blow in 2021.

Wildflowers grown in strips through potato crops could control disease-carrying aphids and may help growers faced with a dwindling number of insecticides. Areas of wildflowers grown in the headlands and between tramlines ...