Scientists have taken big step in fighting potato late blight, a plant disease that once triggered a historic famine in ...

Late blight has now been confirmed in four North Dakota counties, according to Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. In its weekly report, the agency says the disease has been found in potato ...

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 ...

Late blight has been found in potato fields in western Minnesota and North Dakota's Walsh County, the state's leading potato producer. The highly contagious fungus, which caused the disastrous Irish ...

FARGO - Late blight has been confirmed in a potato field in Dickey County in southeastern North Dakota, according to Nick David, Extension potato agronomist at North Dakota State University. This ...

Late blight of potato and tomato is a devastating disease worldwide. It is caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans and led to the Irish potato famine in 1845. Under favorable weather conditions, ...

North Carolina State University researchers used text analytics on both historic and modern writing to reveal more information about the effects and spread of the plant pathogen—now known as ...

Apparently, lightning can strike twice: A case of late blight, the rare plague that devastated tomato and potato crops across Long Island last year, was found in a community garden in Setauket on ...

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Although showers have been hit or miss, depending upon where you live, we have finally begun to get a little relief from this summer's drought. However, as mentioned a few weeks ago, when moist ...

For the last three weeks, tomato and potato farmers have had crazy weather. Heavy rains come with lots of problems. They provide prime conditions for harmful pathogens to propagate and spread. Late ...

New York student Benjamin "Benjy" Firester has won one of the United States' top young science prizes for his research on the devastating microorganism which caused the Irish Potato Famine, devising a ...