Potato Blight 2024. July 30, 2024 update of the late blight status in eastern north america. Late blight of potato and tomato caused by phytophthora infestans is a devastating disease worldwide and led to the irish potato famine in 1845.
Late blight pressure in 2023 was higher than average across many parts of europe and fungicide resistance. “with concerns about resistance to caa and osbpi fungicides in new genotypes reported on the continent last year, the early detection of any new arrivals to.