Tasmanian potato growers face new biosecurity rules to combat spread of mop top virus Potato mop-top virus was detected in Tasmania in July 2025…

#Tasmanian #potato growers face new #biosecurity rules to combat spread of mop top #virus ...

| #Agriculture | #microbiology | #MopTopVirus | #Spongospora | #Pomovirus | Via @pulsetasmania.bsky.social

New study unlocks molecular defense against devastating potato pathogen A team of plant scientists has made a significant breakthrough in understanding how potato plants defend themselves against Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea (Sss)—the soilborne pathogen…

Molecular defense against devastating #potato #pathogen unlocked ...

| #Spongospora | #soils | #crops | #protist | By @plantdisease.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social