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Potato virus Y (PVY)

Virus, POTYVIRIDAE, POTYVIRUS .

Crops attacked: potato .

[R]Common Names :

Potato leaf-drop streak,

Identification, Description, Biology, Epidemiology, Treatement, Possible misleading, Images

[R]Identification
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[R]Description
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[R]Biology
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[R]Epidemiology
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[R]Treatement
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[R]Possible misleading
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[R] Images

  1. Potato virus Y, PVY (SPIRE D., INRA)
    Potato virus Y Severely crinkled potato plant infected by PVY, showing rough swollen surface of puckered leaves (healthy plant on the right side).
  2. Potato virus Y, PVY (SPIRE D., INRA)
    Potato virus Y Crinkle (rough surface of puckered leaves) and leaf veinal necrosis on a potato plant infected by PVY.
  3. Potato virus Y, PVY (SPIRE D., INRA)
    Potato virus Y Veinal necrosis on the lowerside of a potato leaf infected by PVY.
  4. Potato virus Y, PVY (SPIRE D., INRA)
    Potato virus Y Black necrotic local lesions on indicator host leaves A6 inoculated by PVY (laboratory test, uninfected control on right side).
  5. Potato virus Y, PVY (SPIRE D., INRA)
    Potato virus Y Black necrotic local lesions on an indicator host leaf inoculated by PVY (laboratory test).

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