The Polish Potato Association's appeal

Published 2024년 9월 23일

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The article highlights the concern over the discovery of Clavibacter sepedonicus bacteria in the Potato Gene Bank of the National Research Institute, with no risk to farmers as each batch is tested. The focus then shifts to the Polish Potato Association's appeal against the cessation of compensation for seed material infected with quarantine diseases, arguing that the lack of compensation poses a threat to the seed industry and could lead to its collapse. The association stresses the importance of certified seed potatoes or tested potatoes to prevent losses and increase export possibilities, while also criticizing the continued cultivation of potentially infected land on leased land, which undermines regulations and contributes to the gray zone in the industry.

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We would like to remind you that in recent days there has been a lot of talk about the presence of the Clavibacter sepedonicus bacteria in some samples taken from plants from the Potato Gene Bank of the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute of the National Research Institute. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture also informed that there is no risk of introducing bacteriosis to the fields of Polish farmers, because each batch of plants is tested before being moved from the Gene Bank laboratory and provided with a plant passport. We wrote about this on the farmer.pl portal in the articles below. What about inspections? Ring bacteriosis is a quarantine disease. For seed potatoes, the so-called zero tolerance for the perpetrators of ring bacteriosis has been established. Because seed potatoes are the main source of the pathogen, but the bacterium can also survive from season to season not only in seed tubers, but also in self-sown plants, waste piles or infected plant ...

Source: Farmer.pl