Blight

  • Managing the risk of early blight (Alternaria species)

    Early blight, caused by Alternaria species (spp.), was previously considered to be a risk only to potatoes grown under a warmer, continental climate. Indeed, early blight is the most significant…

  • 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…

  • Fight Against Blight

    The Potato Council ‘Fight against Blight’ (FAB) service has been reporting blight alerts for the past 10 years. This information is collected on a voluntary basis by Blight Scouts drawn from members…

  • Best practice for the control of potato outgrade piles

  • 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…

  • Growers’ Advice Fight Against Blight

  • 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…

  • Potato Tuber Diseases

    A number of fungi, fungal-like organisms and bacteria are capable of causing disease in potato tubers. Symptoms may be present at harvest, some diseases spread through stored tubers and some will…

  • Fight Against Blight

    Potato Council provide a range of Late Blight services and information at our online toolbox for Potato Blight.The Potato Council has offered a blight incident reporting service to the potato…