Category: Diseases
All fresh potatoes from PEI halted to US due to potato wart cases
Canada’s Acting Chief Plant Health Officer David Bailey has restricted movement of PEI potatoes to other Canadian provinces and the U.S.
USDA keeping close eye on imports that can carry brown rot
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will conduct annual certification visits in peak harvesting time to offshore U.S. during 2021-22.
APHIS to ramp up testing for potato brown rot pathogen
USDA APHIS will begin testing randomly selected imported Pelargonium (geranium) plant material for the pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum at major ports of entry.
AgBiome submits combo fungicide Esendo for EPA approval
AgBiome announced Aug. 10 the submission of its Esendo fungicide to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for review.
Late blight in potatoes confirmed in Central Wisconsin
Late blight (US-23 strain) has been confirmed in Portage County, Wisconsin, it was announced July 28.
USDA ARS announces advancement in treating plant bacteria
USDA Agricultural Research Service announced July 14 that it has found an innovative way to treat pathogens and pests in citrus trees, potato and tomato plants without the use of antibiotics.
Irish potato famine pathogen still present around the world
Studies show that the FAM-1 strain of late blight, which caused the Irish potato famine, is still present on all six continents.
Vive’s ‘three-way’ fungicide gets EPA approval
AZterknot fungicide from Vive Crop Protection recently received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
MSU’s late blight-wild species potato project among NIFA grants
The USDA-NIFA invested over $8.65 million in 22 plant breeding research projects through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program.
