A new aggressive potato blight strain was detected in Wales and eastern Scotland earlier this year. The strain, identified as EU 46, can withstand certain fungicides, making it harder to control. It ...

Monty Don has warned gardeners to beware of a common threat. The BBC Gardeners' World presenter has issued a reminder about ...

Scientists on Monday said they have found a gene to help protect potatoes from a blight that unleashed a devastating famine in Ireland in the 19th century. The genes were located after an exhaustive ...

Scientists at J.R. Simplot Company developed a potato genetically engineered to resist the late blight that destroyed crops of potatoes in Ireland in the 1840s and 1850s leading to the Irish Potato ...

A NEW strain of British genetically modified potato ­appears immune to the devastating fungus responsible for the Great Famine of 1845 in Ireland, ­research has shown. Did you know with a Digital ...

Potato blight is a constant threat for gardeners growing this veg. It is a very common fungal disease that is capable of wiping out a crop if left undetected. To "save" potatoes from this disease, ...

Researchers have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to late blight - a devastating disease of potatoes and tomatoes costing the industry £5-6 billion a year ...

Scientists have discovered vital clues as to how the pathogen responsible for the Irish potato famine adapted to spread between different plant species by looking in unprecedented detail at how ...

correctionIn a March 18 article on the Irish potato blight, agents used to exterminate the disease were incorrectly described as herbicides. They should have been described as fungicides.(Published ...