. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOBBACO RATTLE VIRUS FOUND IN A SAMPLE OF ALBERTA POTATOES. A cross section of potatoes infected with the Tobacco Rattle Virus. Staff at the Alberta Horticultural Research Center (AHRC) in Brooks are solicit- ing the cooperation of home garden potato growers, market gardeners and commercial potato growers in Alberta in their attempt to find out whether the Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) has gained a foothold in the province. Dr. Ronald Howard, plant pathologist at the center, reports that the first known cases in Canada of TRV in potatoes grown out-o
. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOBBACO RATTLE VIRUS FOUND IN A SAMPLE OF ALBERTA POTATOES. A cross section of potatoes infected with the Tobacco Rattle Virus. Staff at the Alberta Horticultural Research Center (AHRC) in Brooks are solicit- ing the cooperation of home garden potato growers, market gardeners and commercial potato growers in Alberta in their attempt to find out whether the Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) has gained a foothold in the province. Dr. Ronald Howard, plant pathologist at the center, reports that the first known cases in Canada of TRV in potatoes grown out-of-doors were confirmed earlier this year in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He says samples of potatoes from two home gardens, one near Hughenden, Alberta, and the other near Biggar, Saskatchewan, were found to be infected with TRV when analyzed at the federal research station in Vancouver. According to Dr. Howard, the samples had been originally submitted to the plant diagnostic laboratories in Brooks and Regina for the diagnosis of an internal brown spotting (cont'd! Phone: (403)427-2121 Ahexia AGRICULTURE Print Media Branch. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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