A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as EU 46, can withstand certain fungicides, making it harder to control. It ...

An international research team has decoded the genome of the notorious blight that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s. That same organism now threatens tomato and potato crops across the U.S.

Late blight is one of the most devastating diseases of potato and tomato worldwide. It was responsible for the devastating Irish potato famine of the 1840s and has continued to be detrimental to ...

A POTATO blight advisory has been issued for large parts of the country by Met Eireann. You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. It is set to become even more ...

Late blight control in potatoes is becoming an increasingly complex balancing act, as growers face a shrinking fungicide armoury and an evolving, aggressive pathogen ...

A group of researchers is turning to AI to try to combat potato blight, a disease that has led to around 20% of global potato crop losses amounting to financial losses of over $4.5 billion. The new AI ...

THE “Irish Farmer” reports that “potato blight has appeared extensively of late” – an unwelcome and unpleasant item of news which is not, however, surprising when the recent vagaries of the weather ...

North Carolina State University researchers used text analytics on both historic and modern writing to reveal more information about the effects and spread of the plant pathogen—now known as ...

July's hot, humid weather can often spell trouble for tomato plants — take this one key step that month to prevent problems ...