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Abstract:
Tuber yield and quality of cv. Russet Norkotah potato plants grown from seed infected with potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) were compared with tuber yield and quality of adjacent plants grown from virus-free seed. Plants from PLRV-infected seed produced at least 60% less total yield and 88% less marketable yield (tubers >85 g) than plants grown from healthy seed. PLRV-infected seed also produced plants with fewer and smaller tubers than plants grown from healthy seed. No compensatory yield was measured in plants grown from PLRV-free seed growing adjacent to plants from PLRV-infected seed.
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