Seed degeneration in potato: The need for an integrated seed health strategy to mitigate the problem in developing countries

Plant Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-16

  Thomas Sharma, S ^a   Abdurahman, A ^b   Ali, S ^c   Andrade Piedra, J L ^d   Bao, S ^e   Charkowski, A O ^f   Crook, D ^g   Kadian, M ^c   Kromann, P ^h   Struik, P C ^b   Torrance, L ⁱ   Garrett, K A ^a,j   Forbes, G A ^g  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c International Potato Center   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^e INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g International Potato Center   (China)

^h International Potato Centre Quito   (Ecuador)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Certified seed; Potato virus; Quality declared seed; Seed degeneration; Seed potato; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POTATO; SEED; VIRUS; YIELD RESPONSE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84955176422     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12439     Document Type: Review

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