Potato spindle tuber viroid (spindle tuber of potato)

Verhoeven, J. Th. J.

doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.43659

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“…In the saco potato variety, even mild PSTVd strains reduced the yield by 24% while in the case of more severe PSTVd strains, as much as 60% of the potato yield has been impacted [5]. Additionally, as low as 4% of the infected potato crop could result in 3% yield loss as per an investigation conducted in the USA [6]. Therefore, it not surprising that PSTVd has been deemed as an agricultural pest in several countries.…”

Section: Potatoesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Impacts of Viroids

Venkataraman,

Shahgolzari,

Hefferon

et al. 2024

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Plant diseases are responsible for over 10% loss in global food production and have serious impacts on world-wide food security across several countries. Amongst these diseases, those caused by viroids are highly significant, accounting for extensive damage to crops every year and pose a major economic threat to agricultural crops. Combined infections with viroids, plant viruses and their satellites further exacerbate the situation. Vector transmission of viroids necessitates the use of pesticides, thus incurring high costs in addition to eliciting several detrimental effects on the ecosystem due to the noxious outcomes of pesticide use. The current review addresses the major economic impacts of viroids on crops, costs to the world economy and impacts on regions, farmers and consumers in addition to describing remediation measures to mitigate the losses caused by these subviral agents. Also described are issues relating to the pros and cons of pesticide use, the compelling need towards sustainable agricultrual practices while reducing pesticide use. In particular, the role of RNAi and genome editing technologies towards amelioration of agricultural loss is discussed.

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Section: Potatoesmentioning

confidence: 99%