Other Plant Disease -- India
The West Bengal government has issued a blanket ban on importing seed potatoes, particularly from Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, owing to presence of potato cyst nematode (_Globodera rostochiensis_ and _G. pallida_). The notification followed a warning from the Union Agriculture and Farmers Department prohibiting movement of seed potato from these states to all other states and union territories due to the above mentioned disease.
"West Bengal being a major
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