Plant pathology has developed a wide range of concepts and tools for improving plant
disease management, including models for understanding and responding to new risks from …

Potato wart disease is considered one of the most important quarantine pests for cultivated
potato and is caused by the obligate biotrophic chytrid fungus Synchytrium endobioticum …

Certain viruses dramatically affect yield and quality of potatoes and have proved difficult to
eradicate with current approaches. Here, we describe a reliable and efficient virus …

Seed systems research is central to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. Improved varieties with promise for ending hunger, improving nutrition, and …

CONTEXT Studies in the Andes have demonstrated that seed degeneration of potato
occurred in experimental conditions, but was negligible in farmers' conditions. There are two …

CONTEXT When emerging pathogens threaten global food security, collective action for
disease management is key for protecting food systems. We evaluate how the informal …

Virome analysis via high-throughput sequencing (HTS) allows rapid and massive virus
identification and diagnoses, expanding our focus from individual samples to the ecological …

Seed system network analysis can reveal exchange connections between stakeholders and
test scenarios such as those of seed systems shocks. We investigated the seed exchange …

The success of intervention projects for species management depends on both the
effectiveness of management technologies and the geographical landscape of management …

CONTEXT Informal seed trade can exacerbate crop disease epidemics. Potato production
across Ethiopia is threatened by the spread of seedborne pests and pathogens, particularly …