Category: Diseases

New UI Extension bulletin focuses on devastating potato disease, bacterial ring rot

USDA report on PEI: Extent of potato wart crisis likely larger, current mitigation insufficient

U of I researchers using nightshade genes to develop nematode-resistant potatoes

Can wild potato relatives help tame zebra chip disease?

Potato pink eye concerns in Columbia Basin

Free webinar available on how to manage weight loss in storage

Three informative potato-focused webinars are now available to be watched for free through Spudman’s website.

Albaugh aquires Rotam in crop protection merger

Rotam’s products include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators and plant nutrition, including for use on potatoes.

Newly discovered protein in fungus bypasses plant defenses

New dual-mode, postharvest fungicide from Syngenta now available

Potato growers facing postharvest diseases now have a new option for protection during storage: Archive fungicide from Syngenta.

BASF outlines innovation efforts, which include Revysol fungicide

With its innovative processes and products, the chemical industry makes an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

USDA-APHIS using new tool to protect US from ralstonia

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has deployed a new, high-tech tool to help protect specialty crop growers from a Ralstonia solanacearum.