A single treatment is set to offer control of two troublesome diseases in potato crops for next season. A fungicide spray to tackle both alternaria and potato blight is being launched, claiming a ...

Half of the world’s harvested food is lost to rot caused by microorganisms. A team of researchers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani ...

Despite advances in increased food production, half of all world’s harvested food is lost due to rot caused by microorganisms. Plants emit various volatile organic compounds into their surrounding ...

Dry rot risk is high in Scotland this year and seed potato growers are being urged to apply tuber treatments as early as possible to prevent disease progression in store. It has been a relatively easy ...

Both seed and ware potato growers are urged not to fall at the final hurdle and leave crops vulnerable to storage diseases this year, as field conditions push up the risk of tuber damage at harvest.

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