Blight, especially in potatoes, is a serious fungal disease caused by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans.It is infamous for causing the Irish Potato Famine. To this day, it remains a significant ...

Late blight is a fungal disease that affects potatoes and tomatoes, and can cause widespread crop destruction. The disease ...

This fact coming to the knowledge of Mr. J. Jackson, of Leeds, England, prompted him to submit a series of samples of diseased and sound potatoes to careful chemical analysis, and he invariably ...

Late-blight spore counts dropped sharply over the past week and there are still no confirmed cases in Maine,” Extension scientists said.

THE term ‘streak’ has been applied to a diseased condition of the potato in which the leaf and stem tissues become to a greater or lesser extent involved in a necrotic process. The condition ...

Two consignments of ware potatoes imported from Poland have tested positive for ring rot, a notifiable disease that could pose a serious threat to domestic production if allowed to establish in ...