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A two-season NEIKER screening of 336 potato genotypes found no full resistance to Fusarium dry rot, with mean lesion depth ranging from about 3 mm to over 38 mm.
The AfricaBlight Network, launched on 27 October in Naivasha, will start in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Eritrea with coordinators, forecasting and farmer training.
With older soil insecticides withdrawn, wireworm damage is rising in several regions; monitoring, rotation and new chemistry fill the gap imperfectly.
Verticillium dahliae and lesion nematodes act as partners in early dying; pre-plant soil assays and rotation discipline decide severity more than any in-season treatment.
After a wet autumn in many Russian regions, Alexander Aniskov of Avgust names bacterial rots as the most dangerous threat to stored potatoes, followed by Pythium leak. He explains when tuber treatment at loading helps, the most…
Dickeya can cut yields by 20–25% or more; seed buyers demand documented freedom, and Scotland and Northern Ireland apply zero tolerance in certification.
Egypt's long-running brown rot programme protects exports worth USD 537 million in 2025, as tighter EU rules require annual approval of production sites.
The spread of the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) is threatening some 125,000 hectares of potato cultivation in Peru, according to the International Potato Center (CIP), as reported by FreshPlaza. The insect transmits the disease complex known locally…
Late blight has always been the defining disease of European potato production, but the terms of engagement are shifting. According to a technical analysis published by Groupe Berkem, monitoring conducted during 2025 detected elevated frequencies of resistance…
The beetle's long record of resistance means insecticide programs must rotate modes of action between generations; reliance on neonicotinoids is ending.
When late blight conditions persist, shortening fungicide intervals and rotating modes of action remains the backbone of control — resistance management depends on it.
British researchers have started work on a four-year, £3.72 million project to prepare the country's farmers for two bacterial crop diseases that are already spreading through mainland Europe and attack potatoes, sugar beet, carrots and grapes. The…
