Argentine researchers developed the tuber that has as its main characteristic a resistance to the PVY virus.
For Andrés Murchison, Secretary of Food and Bioeconomy, the impact on production and marketing will be important because crops like potatoes are susceptible to many diseases caused by phytopathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria and fungi), which cause losses of up to 70% of the production.
According to geneticliteracyproject.org, the potato virus is the second biggest threat to agriculture, after potato leaf roll virus, which is perpetuated by infected tubers.
