Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management

Potato virus Y (PVY) infects a wide host range mainly within the Solanaceae and is distributed worldwide. PVY is transmitted by more than 40 aphid species in a non persistent manner. Isolates of the PVY species are highly variable at biological, serologic

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rus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management

Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management

Christophe Lacomme  •  Laurent Glais Dirk U. Bellstedt  •  Brice Dupuis Alexander V. Karasev  •  Emmanuel Jacquot Editors

Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management

Editors Christophe Lacomme Virology & Zoology Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture Edinburgh, UK Dirk U. Bellstedt Department of Biochemistry Stellenbosch University Matieland, South Africa Alexander V. Karasev Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho, USA

Laurent Glais FN3PT/RD3PT Paris, France IGEPP, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA Université de Rennes 1 Le Rheu, France Brice Dupuis Field crops Agroscope Field crops Nyon 1, Switzerland Emmanuel Jacquot UMR-BGPI TA A-54/K CIRAD Montpellier Cedex 5, France

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Preface

Plant viruses are very important pathogens causing significant direct and indirect losses to crop production and threaten global food sustainability. Increase in human population and balancing the demand for more sustainable ways of crop and food production, while maintaining crop productivity and quality, pose continuous challenges to scientists, agronomists and farmers worldwide. Over the past decades, considerable progress has been made in the understanding of the molecular basi