Kolkata: Unseasonal rain dealt a significant blow to one of the state's most crucial cash crops — potatoes. As the potato ...

Take some time to remove all the tubers, not matter how tiny, or they'll grow next year and disrupt that year's crops. Potato blight or 'late blight' is a devastating fungus disease that spreads ...

The benefits of chitting the seed potatoes of maincrop varieties, which are much longer in the ground and generally far ...

Researchers nailed down the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of Phytophthora infestans, otherwise known as potato blight or late blight. Previously, the debate on the origins of P.

Major diseases include mildew, rust, Septoria in cereals, and late blight in potato. These diseases limit productivity, and currently necessitate substantial applications of agrochemicals.

The rising temperatures are said to facilitate the spread of some animal diseases and parasites. This poses a farming challenge, which has resulted into low food production rates amid a rapidly ...

infestans and the two Mexican pathogen species. The pathogen still causes late-blight disease on potato and tomato plants around the world. Prof Ristaino said efforts to breed more resistant ...

Avoid potatoes with dark spots on the skin as this could indicate late blight, a disease inside the potato. It's best to ...