It was at the tail end of last season that monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the EU46 strain had been found ...

Potato Varieties that can withstand it are being produced in central Mexico, the probable home of the blight By John S. Niederhauser & William C. Cobb Join Our Community of Science Lovers!

By Duncan MboyahKenya and the International Potato Center (CIP) have signed a licensing agreement to transfer a biotech potato that is resistant to late blight disease.Dr. Eliud Kireger, the Director ...

Discover how to grow potatoes ... blight resistance 8 weeks post infection 30%, yield 25%, taste 20%, blight resistant 3 weeks post infection 10%, pest damage 5%, tubers blighted after storage 5%, ...

The Central Potato ... symptoms of late blight disease should immediately spray fungicide containing mancozeb chlorothalonil at the rate of 0.2 % on disease-susceptible varieties.