Insects: Potato beetles or aphids can cause damage to potato leaves causing them to turn yellow and become distorted.; Fungal ...

Plenty of sun is forecast this week, which will help with grain fill in winter wheat crops. The key issues being discussed by ...

In Uganda, potato blight can destroy up to 100% of a farmer’s crop, endangering livelihoods and local food security. Just as in the Irish famine, dependence on a single crop is risky.

A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as EU 46, can withstand ce Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as EU 46, can withstand certain fungicides, making it harder to control. It ...

A final orange and yellow flowered plant in my garden — flower calyces are yellow while petals are orange — is Dyckia (DICK-ee-uh). This plant is so uncommon that it does not really have a ...

Today, we are focusing on three of the most common types of tomato blight and wilt, beginning with blight: Early Blight, Late Blight and Septoria. Early Blight (Alternaria solan)- a fungus which ...

Wilk Farms, a third-generation potato farm near Metz, was started in 1927 by Paul Wilk. After Paul’s untimely death left a widow and six very young children, it took, out of necessity, faith ...

Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, reduces potato yield and quality and is best managed with cultural practices and fungicides. Symptoms. Leaf symptoms appear as dark brown lesions in circular ...

Potatoes are so rich in nutrients that they sustained the population of Ireland for over 300 years, until a blight swept through Europe and wiped out most of the potato crops in 1840.

In response to a looming threat of late blight infection, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has issued an advisory for farmers cultivating potato and tomato crops. With weather ...