Publications
Late Blight Publications and Research Reports
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Managing the risk of late blight
This new guide helps identify the various areas where late blight control can be managed. It gives practical advice to keep blight out of a crop, or minimise the impact if an infection does occur. An... -
Fungicide Resistance Management in Potato Late Blight
The Fungicide Resistance Action Group - UK (FRAG-UK) is a forum to look at fungicide resistance issues and to publish information and advice relevant to the UK. The latest version of the... -
Guidance on reduced fluazinam sensitivity in late blight populations
In July 2017, AHDB notified its blight network about reports of the spread of EU_37_A2, a strain of blight first discovered in the Netherlands in 2013 which has shown reduced sensitivity to Fluazinam... -
What is Potato Blight?
Potato and tomato blight is a disease caused by the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans which spreads rapidly in the foliage of potatoes and tomatoes causing collapse and decay. Read the '... -
Growers' Advice Fight Against Blight
FAB Issue 2 - Seed Health FAB Issue 3 - Planting FAB Issue 4 - Volunteer Control (Groundkeepers) FAB Issue 6 - Spray Application Technique (Application of Potato Fungicides) FAB Issue 7 - Spray Programme FAB Issue 8 - Responding to a Crop Infection FAB Issue 9 - Irrigation FAB Issue 10 - Haulm Destruction FAB Issue 11 - Harvest FAB Issue 12 - Store Loading FAB Issue 13 - Storage -
Gardeners Advice For Potato Blight
Potato and tomato blight is a disease caused by the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans which spreads rapidly in the foliage of potatoes and tomatoes causing collapse and decay.Potato blight... -
Varietal Resistance to 13 A2
Following the introduction of the A2 mating type of Phytophthora infestans into Europe in the late 1970s, new strains of late blight pathogen have subsequently developed in all countries. In GB since...
