34 submissions found.
Nature
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2022-02-environmentally-friendly-method-devastating-potato.html
by American Phytopathological Society Late blight, caused by the fungal-like Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most devastating diseases …
ProMED http://www.promedmail.org
Source: Fresh Plaza [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9369276/seed-potatoes-with-dangerous-pathogen-shipped-into-kazakhstan/The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has confiscated 228 tons …
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Source: European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) Reporting Service 09/2021/200 [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-7139The National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) of the …
Potato News Today
by Jorge Luis Alonso G., an information consultant specializing in potatoes
A North Carolina State University team has developed quick diagnostic tests to detect plant diseases before they show symptoms in the field. In …
Phys.Org
by Wageningen UniversityIn the 19th century, the notorious pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused a large famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe. To this day, it continues to pose a major threat to global food production. …
ProMED http://www.promedmail.org
Source: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) [abridged, edited] https://ahdb.org.uk/news/cold-spring-increases-rhizoctonia-threat-for-british-potato-cropDuring April 2021 we experienced cold dry …
Potato News Today https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2021/03/19/researchers-review-the-spread-of-late-blight-across-asia-over-a-century-and-a-half/ Researchers Sanjoy Guha Roy, Tanmoy Dey, David E. L. Cooke and Louise R. Cooke recently …
Jan Suszkiw Distant cousins of cultivated potato may hold the key to unlocking new sources of resistance to the tuber crop's most …
ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-new-potato-with-complete-resistance-to-a-disastrous-disease