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R449 Effectiveness of Mineral Oils
Aim: To investigate integration of the use of oils for the control of non-persistent viruses in seed crops in GB, where growing crop inspection is the standard method of seed certification.Industry… -
807/213 Blight Control in Organic Crops
Aim: To evaluate the options for the commercially viable production of organic potato crops without the use of copper fungicides.Compared to conventional production, yields in organic potato… -
R447 Independent Variety Trials (2011 – 2014)
Aim: To provide robust disease resistance ratings for new and, where appropriate, existing varieties for public dissemination. Industry Challenge In order to comply with both national and… -
R424 Matching Blight Fungicides and Cultivar Resistance (LINK)
Aim: To provide the potato industry with the robust information required to allow substantial use of integrated control without compromising the control of blight.Industry ChallengePesticides usage… -
R423 Blight Population Changes
Aim: To monitor changes in the population structure of Phytophthora infestans but will also determine the likely impact of the characteristics of the population in terms of disease incidence,… -
R407 Independent Variety Trials (2008-2010)
Aim: To provide independent testing of varieties of foliage late blight, black scurf, black dot, silver scurf and skin spot.New potato varieties undergoing UK National List (NL) testing and Common… -
R293 Matching Blight Fungicides to Cultivar Resistance
Aim: To demonstrate the effectiveness of fungicide control on cultivars with a wide range of foliar blight resistance ratings, and to meet the requirements of the EU Thematic Strategy on the… -
R274 Survey of GB Late Blight Populations
Aim: To monitor the occurrence of the A2 late blight mating type in GB.This project builds on previous work that monitored the occurrence of the A2 mating type in GB. The work… -
807/241 Late Blight Mating Types
Aim: To examine whether the GB population of P. infestans had changed since the mid 1990s and if the A2 mating type had increased in frequency.European populations of the late-blight pathogen,… -
807/242 Blight – New Active Ingredients in GB
Aim: To carry out an independent evaluation of blight fungicides and new active substances, in terms of the benefits of early season applications and efficacy of productsIn 2003, the British Potato…
