Martin Cann's lab at Durham, in collaboration with the laboratories of Aska Goverse at Wageningen University and Frank Takken at the University of Amsterdam, studied a receptor protein called Rx1, which is found in potato plants and detects infection by a virus called potato virus X. (sciencedaily.com)
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have discovered that a common potato virus and a fungus - like pathogen can work together to damage the crop. (news.wsu.edu)
The four clones show certain resistance to the pathogens analysed, such as the potato virus Y, as well as the Pectobacterium atrosepticum bacteria, which weaken the vegetable and considerably undermine its production. (sciencedaily.com)