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Potato mop-top virus (PMTV)

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Potato mop-top virus causes an economically important disease of potato since serious yield and quality reductions can occur in some cultivars. The powdery scab fungus (Spongospora subterranea), a soil-borne organism, is the only known vector of potato mop-top virus.

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