Potato, versus fungus;fungus wins, TKO. Phytophthora infestans is an aggressive foe wiping out entire potato crops each season. The fight against late blight globally is an expensive one its purse is hefty, two studies conducted in 2005 and 2006 put thetotal loss (direct and through fungicides) at between $3 and $5 billion peryear (Judelsonand Blanco, 2005;Haldaret al, 2006). Adjusted to[Read More...]