At the request of Sovkhoz Conductor LLC from Kolomna, an examination of quarantined products — seed potatoes, sort “violet” was carried out, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor department in Moscow, Moscow and Tula regions said.
As a result of a laboratory examination, a quarantine object, Potato spindle tuber viroid, was identified in potato tubers, which belongs to the group of quarantine objects that are limited in the territory of the Russian Federation. The department issued a notice to the producer about taking measures for the entire batch (20 tons) of infected seed potatoes (cultivar "violet"). "On May 14, 2020, infected potatoes belonging to Sovkhoz Conductor LLC were destroyed in accordance with phytosanitary legislation of the Russian Federation , as inconsistent with the requirements of the quarantine phytosanitary condition, by burning, ”the report said.
The experts of the All-Russian Center for Plant Quarantine (FSBI VNIIKR) conducted the examination. Information on the results of the laboratory examination was received by the Rosselkhoznadzor department in Moscow, Moscow and Tula regions.