The examinations of potatoes original seed nursery in north regions of Ukrainian marshy woodlands in 2012 (47 sorts) were performed. It was revealed that spreading of viral infection and diseases symptoms onset on potatoes cultivars increases with the number of field reproductions from 8,1 % (tube plants – seedlings) to 77–100 %. The wide-spreading of latent infections was observed – 57 % of tested samples. Potato virus М prevails in plantings as monoinfection (36,2 %) or in complex with other mosaic viruses (99 %), Potato virus Y was detected in 38,3 % of cultivars, with domination of necrotic isolates. The need of efficient protection and constant viral control of seed material with the use of laboratory methods and modern diagnostic facilities is emphasized.