wayne stephen wrote:I have found that a potato plant grown from a whole seed potato is less susceptible to diseases .
Good observation.
Just as trees grown from seed are less likely to become diseased than those grown from cuttings.
The open wound from a cut becomes a vector for disease to enter.
You will get more plants by cutting out individual eyes, but are at much greater risk of disease.
Once you have diseased plants in your soil, it is a loong road back to healthy soil.