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Scouting and spore traps show late blight continues to hinder potato producers.
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Late blight threat forecast is high for potato crops in 2024

Strategies offered at Ontario Potato Conference on how to mitigate the risk

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Sometimes Mother Nature provides perfect conditions for late blight, but on-farm mitigation practices can help control it. Reducing late blight risk was the focus of a panel discussion at the Ontario Potato Conference held in Guelph in late February. Why it matters: Late blight has been increasing in potato growing regions in recent years. “We’re […] Read more
Potato fields across most of Ontario looked like this one earlier this month.

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Mid-summer conditions raise alerts about late blight in potatoes

Growers are advised to scout and be proactive with fungicides

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Late July brings a variety of conditions to potato fields across the province, and one common theme unites them all: late blight. The fungal disease has become serious in the past five or six years, garnering more attention through monitoring, the placement of spore traps and through regular updates courtesy of the Ontario Potato Board’s […] Read more

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