News on Phytophthora from United Kingdom

July 25, 2012

Rain driving spread of potato blight in Scotland

One of the scourges of the potato crop – blight – has now been found in all the major growing areas of Scotland, with infestation levels running well ahead of average.

July 12, 2012

Potato growers in Britain face weather-related challenges

Potato growers are facing many weather-related challenges and recent warm, wet weather has led to a massive increase in the number of Smith Periods this year so far, says Potato Council executive and blight specialist Gary Collins.

June 28, 2012

New blight strain prompts fungicide concerns in the UK

Dutch tests on a new strain of potato blight similar to that discovered for the first time in the UK last year have shown some isolates have reduced sensitivity to the common active fluazinam used to control the disease.

June 25, 2012

Advice for British growers to cover challenging blight conditions

Potato crops in Britain are facing high blight pressure this season, demanding the best possible protection under extremely challenging application conditions.

June 01, 2012

Tuber blight added to Zampro DM fungicide label in the UK

The blight fungicide containing Initium and dimethomorph, Zampro DM, has had reduction of tuber blight incidence added to its label, in addition to the control of late foliar blight.

May 13, 2012

Sheet and treat to minimise the blight risk from outgrade piles

As part of the Potato Council’s ‘Fight against blight’ campaign, the mapping of late blight outbreaks has demonstrated outgrade piles remain a significant source of blight in potato crops.

April 10, 2012

New blight strain shouldn't alarm British potato growers

The very early discovery of a new potato blight strain in Britain doesn't mean that spray programmes will have to change this year, agree researchers and agronomists.

January 04, 2012

Researchers come to terms with late blight disease effectors

Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight, has evolved to overcome fungicides and major resistance genes that have been bred into commercial potato cultivars.

March 08, 2011

BASF launches two new potato blight fungicides in crowded UK market

Potato growers in the United Kingdom have two additional blight fungicide choices this year after BASF launched two new products into an already crowded market.

January 03, 2011

Un equipo científico dirigido por el Laboratorio Sainsbury del Reino Unido ha descubierto al responsable del tizón tardío de la papa

Un equipo científico financiado con fondos comunitarios y dirigido por el Laboratorio Sainsbury del Parque Científico de Norwich (Reino Unido) ha descubierto al responsable del tizón tardío o mildiú de la patata y el tomate y el mildiú lanoso de verdur...

November 21, 2010

BBSRC researchers develop new approach to beat Phytophthora

Researchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to Phytophthora infestans

Allan Stevenson presents award to John Bradshaw

October 31, 2010

Dr John Bradshaw wins 2010 British Potato Industry Award

September 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...

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