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四月 24, 2010
Will there be a sequel to last summer's late blight with tomatoes, potatoes?
Many readers are no doubt aware of last summer's late-blight infestation, in which a fungus, Phytophthora infestans, decimated local tomato and potato plantings. The fungus overwinters in southeastern United States but does not generally overwinter in ...
四月 22, 2010
David de Koeyer to study potato blight in Peru
A New Brunswick potato scientist will travel to Peru this month in an effort to help Canadian tubers fight blight.Dr. David De Koeyer, who works at the Potato Research Centre in Fredericton, has spent his professional life studying spuds.He's heading t...
一月 21, 2010
Foggy weather dims potato prospect in Munshiganj (Bangladesh)
Over 40,000 farmers in Munshiganj (District in Bangladesh , see map) have cultivated potatoes this year, beating all records of potato acreage in the alluvial floodplains of the district. But farmers are daunted by persistent foggy weather in the last...
九月 10, 2009
Scottish scientists complete sequencing Phytophthora genome
Scientists at the Scottish Crop research Institute (SCRI) have helped unlock the mystery behind potato blight - a disease that costs the global industry an estimated £4billion of losses every year. The same disease devastated crops in Ireland 150 year...
八月 26, 2009
MSU Plant Pathologist Willie Kirk: monitor potatoes in storage for late blight
The impact of late blight to potato growers in Michigan is clear and we estimate that many growers with crops going in to long-term storage will spend up to $350/A in crop protection products alone (not including application costs). Even such intense c...
七月 28, 2009
New Aggressive strain of potato blight is proving difficult to control
Controlling blight is of paramount importance to all potato growers, whether big or small. Research over the past two years by Dr Stephen Kildea and others in Teagasc Oak Park has shown the type of blight Ireland is getting now is changing compared t... Sponsored Content
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六月 14, 2009
Karnataka farmers shy away from potatoes in fear of blight
Owing to the fear of blight, many farmers are shying away from cultivating potato. Last year, potato was grown on 50,000 hectares of land in the district, but the crop on 35,000 hectares was affected by blight, and farmers lost Rs. 300 crore as a res...
十一月 08, 2007
Phytophthora resistente aardappel "Toluca" van Agrico op de rassenlijst
De phytophthoraresistente consumptieaardappel Toluca van handelshuis Agrico komt een dezer dagen op de Europese rassenlijst. Dat betekent dat het ras mag worden verhandeld. Agrico zet het ras in de schijnwerpers op haar rassententoonstelling die van...