tomatoes and potatoes in Nevada can also get late blight. In fact, if the disease were to take hold here, northeastern Nevada's commercial potato crop could be seriously damaged at a great financial ...

If you asked consumers whether they would like to buy ... that long before its blight-resistant GM potatoes are likely to be launched. Proving the technical performance looks like it should ...

A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as ...

Most common in damp and wet weather, blight can ... job gardeners must do if they want to save their crop. Monty wrote: “One of my yearly rituals is to dig first early potatoes on July 8 ...

It was late blight that caused the Irish potato famine in the mid-1800s. Some of farmer Baca Huaman's fields were hit recently. So he has had to move some of his potatoes up the mountain ...

Potatoes are particularly vulnerable to late blight, a fungus-like organism that loves the damp and humid conditions ... they are sterile and the issue of GM pollen escaping into the wild does not ...

Most common in damp and wet weather, blight can be a problem for both outdoor potatoes and tomatoes, but is a little less common on tomatoes grown in greenhouses. With the weather unpredictable in ...

Blight is one ... Caused by a fungus-like organism that spreads rapidly in warm, wet weather, it leads to collapse and decay. It is particularly deadly to tomatoes and potatoes, which can be ...

The company said the potatoes contain only potato genes and that the resistance to late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato famine, comes from an Argentine variety of potato that ...

which helps farmers react to the evolving threat posed by late blight. GB Potatoes this week announced the Fight Against Blight (FAB) scheme has secured funding for the next three years.

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 ...