Potato Varieties that can withstand it are being produced in central Mexico, the probable home of the blight By John S. Niederhauser & William C. Cobb Join Our Community of Science Lovers!

Cuts to federal research funding have cost Michigan's public universities tens of millions of dollars. Bigger cuts may be on ...

has issued an advisory for potato farmers across the country, warning of a high risk of late blight disease in the crop due to changes in weather conditions. Institute director Brajesh Singh ...

Scotland's History Land and Votes Potato blight ruins Scottish crops The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

Potato blight or 'late blight' is a devastating fungus disease that spreads rapidly in wet weather. Like a mildew disease, to which it is related, it attacks the foliage, but can get washed down to ...

The blight that destroyed potato crops in the late 1840s reduced the island’s population by almost one-quarter. For nearly ...

Israeli researchers have developed a new method to detect a common fungal wilt disease in tomatoes at its earliest ...