Seed potato protection product granted emergency approval

Paraffin oil product Olie-H can now be employed to help non-persistently transmitted potyviruses

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An emergency approval has been granted for paraffin oil product Olie-H in seed potato crops
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An emergency approval has been granted for paraffin oil product Olie-H in seed potato crops

An emergency approval has been granted for paraffin oil product Olie-H in seed potato crops. The news will be welcomed by growers affected by non-persistently transmitted potyviruses, sometimes called...

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