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 ...

All over the world, huge quantities of crop protection agents are sprayed to control potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). The mechanisms of resistance of potatoes need to be better understood to ...

Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, remains a principal threat to global food security. Genetic resistance mechanisms centre on the deployment of resistance (R) genes ...

In recent work published in the journal Horticulture Research, researchers from Northeast Agricultural University and Huazhong Agricultural University characterized a negative regulator of late blight ...

Shimla, Jul 14 (PTI) The Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, has advised potato growers in Himachal Pradesh to remain vigilant for a potential outbreak of late blight disease. According ...

For the third year in a row, late blight disease has been detected early in the season on Long Island. This time, it's been found on tomato crops on the South Fork. Late blight is the disease that was ...

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 ...

Urging farmers to take timely preventive measures, Dr Sanjeev Sharma, Division Head, Plant Protection Division, said that in ...

This is a year to watch for late blight (LB) and early blight (EB) in potatoes and tomatoes and to a lesser degree in peppers and eggplants. For a disease to get established you need a susceptible ...