“…In support of this, a number of authors have reported observations indicating plant-to-plant transmission of the BRR pathogen by insects (Duncan & G6n6reux, 1960;List & Kreutzer, 1942;Metzger & Binkley, 1940) or nematodes (Volovik et al, 1978). More recently, the possibility of plant-to-plant transmission of the pathogen by insects such as aphids, the Colorado potato beetle and the potato flea beetle has been demonstrated by Christie et al (1991Christie et al ( , 1993, but the evidence has not included detection of the pathogen in progeny tubers, and thus disease transmission has not been demonstrated. In the field, plant-to-plant transmission is usually regarded as rare or absent (Dounine, 1961: Dykstra, 1941: Frazzoli et al, 1984: Golenia & Pajewska, 1977: Manzer et al, 1979: Sletten, 1985.…”