Eradication of Potato virus Y and Potato leafroll virus by chemotherapy of infected potato stem cuttings

Eradication of Potato virus Y (PVY) and Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) by in vitro chemotherapy (50 mg l-1 of ribavirin+100 mg l-1 of DHT) of small potato stem cuttings (0.15 0.5 cm) of some potato cultivars is reported., Successful eradication seemed to depend on the duration of treatment and type of...

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Main Authors: G. Faccioli, M.C. Colalongo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2002-04-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/4948