Virus diseases of potato and their control

Editorial: Current advancements in real-time plant pathogen diagnostics: from lab assays to in-field detection

“…Food security and increased global population have driven agricultural activities to strive for higher productivity. There are however numerous invasive plant pathogens that cause plant diseases and reduce crop yields, including viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasma, bacteria and others (Raigond et al, 2022;Chikh-Ali and Karasev, 2023;Thakur et al, 2023). Approximately, $220 billion is lost to the global economy each year as a result of plant diseases caused by these pathogens (Lal et al, 2021;Tiwari et al, 2021;Raigond et al, 2022).…”