There is a major displacement of potato-blight strain populations taking place in Ireland at the present time.
Speaking on a recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast, Teagasc potato specialist Dr. Stephen Kildea described this process as being of a comparable significance to that of a
The disease is responsible for £1,000,000,000 of annual losses in the EU alone.
Across the island of Ireland it is estimated that £5.5 million is spent annually on fungicides to mitigate the impacts of the disease, which represents between 15-20 fungicide applications per season.
Cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM), caused by Podosphaera xanthii, is one the most important diseases of cucurbit crops throughout the world. The pathogen is an obligate parasite, just like cucurbit downy mildew, meaning it needs a living host in order to survive. In northern regions that have a
Cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM), caused by Podosphaera xanthii, is one the most important diseases of cucurbit crops throughout the world. The pathogen is an obligate parasite, just like cucurbit downy mildew, meaning it needs a living host in order to survive. In northern regions that have a
Grayish spots with concentric circles is a clear symptom of early blight on the foliage of tomato plants. It is important to take steps early to prevent the disease.
Grayish spots with concentric circles is a clear symptom of early blight on the foliage of tomato plants. It is important
Most of us are familiar with the story of the passenger pigeon, so numerous in the late 1700s that flocks of billions of birds darkened the sky for hours as they passed. Humans exterminated them in a little over 100 years, the last wild passenger pigeon being shot in 1901. In contrast, few hav
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The signs of late blight in potato and rust in pea, first noticed in Hoshiarpur, has forced Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) to sound an alert in other districts.
It has advised farmers to listen only to its experts or the agriculture department
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Crews in Toronto will begin spraying insecticides to protect the city’s tree canopy from Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD) moths next week.
In a press release issued Friday, the city said the first round of LDD moth aerial
On April 5, Carolyn and her husband arrived at their Milan home to find their dog, Rocky, seizing underneath the porch in their backyard with something blue surrounding his mouth. In the ten minutes it took them to rush him to the veterinarian, he died.
Rocky, a lab mix who was nearly f
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Figure 2: Red-purple leaf symptoms resulting from Russian wheat aphid infestation.
Figure 1: Russian wheat aphids on a flag leaf of wheat.
The Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia, (Figure 1) is a pest of wheat worldwide; the last time