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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Purple-top wilt, a disease of potato caused by tomato big-bud virus.

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Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 5(1) 1 - 8
Published: 1954

Abstract

The symptoms of purple-top wilt on potato are described and illustrated and data on the tuber transmission of the virus are presented. The disease is caused by the tomato big-bud virus, although the symptoms differ markedly from those usually produced by this virus. Economic loss results both from the direct effect of current-season infection and from missing hills in the subsequent crop caused by the failure of affected tubers to sprout.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9540001

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