JUST how early do you need to go in with your first potato blight spray? An East Anglian agronomist urges an earlier start than normal, but ADAS and SAC are more cautious. Martin Beaton of Banks ...

Watershed groups are keeping a watchful eye out for signs of late blight in potato fields across Prince Edward Island, doing weekly checks for the spores that cause it at a dozen locations from tip to ...

MOST potato crops are barely in the ground and there is already a forecast of a 'blighty' growing season ahead. Robust spray programmes will be to counter the heightened risk of late blight, according ...

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MID-SEASON blight spray markets seem set to be especially competitive with the launch of three new products. Electis (zoxium + mancozeb), Ranman (cyazofamid) and Tanos (famoxate + cymoxanil) from ...

A bacteria called fire blight seems to be nailing Bradford pears and loquats this spring. Fire blight attacks plants in the Rosaceae family which include apples, plum, cherries, hawthorn, photinia, ...

Questions have emerged about the marketing and labelling of organic food after BBC research found artificial chemicals are being used to control potato blight. Confirmation that copper oxychloride is ...

I have an entire cookbook devoted to tomatoes. Admittedly, I have a lot of cookbooks, but tomatoes are the only vegetable in my kitchen with an entire cookbook singing their praises. But then, they ...