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 ...

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.

you can keep your potato plants healthy and pest-free. Potato diseases, such as blight, scab, and blackleg, can significantly ...

Having already destroyed most of Ireland's crop, the blight appears in Scotland. Before long it provokes a famine. Video: A history of Scotland: This Land is Our Land.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. GB Potatoes have announced a three-year funding commitment to support the Fight Against Blight (FAB) project. The national FAB initiative is ...

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 ...

Potato planting is three weeks ahead of last year for many Irish farmers, however, Ireland’s current climate of wet springs ...

Citrus greening destroys citrus trees worldwide, causing economic losses. Late blight devastates tomato and potato crops, especially in cool, moist regions. Chestnut blight wipes out American ...

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 ...