Other Plant Disease -- United Kingdom
In 2008 a [potato] breeding line (99m‐022‐026) growing in the UK (Scotland), displaying unusual yellow symptoms on the foliage that could have been mistaken for _Potato aucuba mosaic virus_, _Potato mop top virus_ or _Tobacco rattle virus_ (TRV), was further investigated to identify the causal agent. A new species of the genus _Potyvirus_ infecting potatoes, with the proposed name Potato yellow blotch virus (PYBV), was discovered. The infected plants show isolated yellow blotches on the
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