Abstract
From 1980 to 1982 a mosaic disease of potatoes was prevalent in a major seed potato production area in South Africa. The virus causing the disease was serologically identified as a strain of potato virus Y (PVY). Its host range and symptoms were similar to those of PVYo and it was designated PVY-81. PVY-81 failed to induce necrotic lesions on leaves ofSolanum demissum×S. tuberosum ‘A6’, but it did so on the potato cultivars BP-1, Buffelspoort and Koos Smit. PVY-81 was non-persistently transmitted byMyzus persicae. Monitoring of aphid migrations showed that aphid species that do not naturally colonize potatoes could have caused the primary spread of the virus into potato fields.
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