Across Regions, Europe, UK, Ireland, Health/Nutrition/Food Safety, Pests and Diseases, Production/Agronomy

Potato late blight in Europe

on April 27, 2020

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Didier Andrivon from INRA delves into the disease that once killed 1.5 million individuals in Ireland: Potato late blight, also known as Phytophthora Infestans

It would be easy to think that a disease peaking over one hundred years ago is no longer a problem, but potato late blight continues to evolve and emerge in new places