Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, reduces potato yield and quality and is best managed with cultural practices and ...

By then it is often too late for the plant to survive. The blight hopscotched to Paris by that August. Weeks later, it was destroying potatoes in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and England.

See also: Potato blight: What UK farmers can learn from Europe How it reached the UK is unclear, although wind-blown spores are one possible explanation, according to Dr David Cooke, a plant ...

Affecting tomatoes and potatoes, this disease is caused by a fungus-like water mold called Phytophthora infestans, according to Wisconsin Horticulture. If the conditions are right, blight may kill a ...

more and more genes are being identified with a plant's ability to defend itself against disease (see Powell et al. 2006). In order to enhance blight-tolerance in the American chestnut tree, we are ...

The most famous example is the potato late blight outbreak of the 1840s ... they diverge to an extent never before observed in domesticated plants," explains Schneeberger. "The differences ...

Kufri Mohan is a high-yielding, disease-resistant potato variety known for its excellent tuber quality, storage ability, and ...