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Screening for Resistance to PVY in Australian Potato Germplasm.
Genes - 16 Apr 2020
Slater Anthony T, Schultz Lee, Lombardi Maria, Rodoni Brendan C, Bottcher Chris, Cogan Noel O I, Forster John W
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Potatoes are an important human food crop, but have a number of yield limiting factors, including disease susceptibility. Potato virus Y (PVY) is found worldwide, and is one of the main virus problems for potato growers. PVY is transmitted by aphids and mechanically by machinery, tools and people, and symptoms are variable across cultivars and strains, including being symptomless in some cultivars. Therefore,...
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