An outbreak of a damaging potato disease has been discovered at a farm in mid-Wales, leading to the planned destruction of 1,500 tons of seed potatoes.
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The presence of ring rot, a highly infectious bacteria that causes potatoes to rot, was discovered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) during an annual survey and is thought to have been brought into Wales by infected Dutch seed, reported BBC News Online.
Restrictions on the movement of potatoes have been put in place at several farms in Wales and in the Scilly Isles, all of which had taken delivery of seed potatoes from the infected farm over the last few weeks.
Defra officials say they believe the outbreak is under control and that it will be successfully contained and eliminated.
“This appears to be a single outbreak on a single farm,” a Defra spokesman was quoted by BBC news as saying.
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By GlobalData“At this stage we have no evidence that this is more than an isolated case but we are carrying out further investigation to be sure. Official notices have been served stopping all movements of potatoes from the farm.”
