The first accurate maps of outbreaks of potato blight — a disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans that was responsible for the Irish potato famine between 1845 and 1852 — in ...

LARIMORE, N.D. - John Morten, who learned to fly as a boy of 17, provides a textbook example of how to keep potatoes safe from blight. It's a big deal this year because, for the first time in a decade ...

LARIMORE, N.D. -- Potato producers attending the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's "Field Days 2009" in Larimore were treated to a nasty surprise when North Dakota State University plant ...

LARIMORE, N.D. -- Potato producers attending the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's field days at Hoverson Farms in Larimore, N.D., were treated to a nasty surprise when North Dakota State ...

I’ve grown Queen potatoes for years and really love their taste and floury texture, but I hate having to spray them against blight. Are there any other more blight-resistant varieties that you’d ...

More than in most years, there is acute concern associated with pest control in the Washington area. On May 7, late blight was detected in a greenhouse in St. Mary's County. Measures have been taken ...

With winter weather turning increasingly cloudy and foggy, potato growers in Punjab have been put on alert as conditions are becoming favourable for the outbreak of late blight disease. Over the past ...