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- Potato mosaic is NOT a seed-borne disease.
- It is a disease caused by a virus which affects the potato plant.
- Generally, mosaic viruses that infect potatoes are transmitted by aphids.
- They feed on the sap of infected plants and transmit the virus to healthy plants.
- There are many different types of mosaic diseases that attack the potato crop.
- Most of the time, as the name suggests, the leaves show green and dark green mosaic patterns.
- The leaves may also show faint yellow patches on the leaves.
- The attacked or affected plants remain stunted and sick.
- The disease also affects tubers and their Size and numbers are reduced.
- In some other times, the leaves may show necrosis of tissues along the vein.
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