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PRO/PL> Late blight, potato – India: (PB)

Other Plant Disease -- IndiaThe extreme cold of the past few weeks has adversely affected crops in the state of Punjab. After it detected signs of late blight in potato in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur [districts], the agriculture department has issued an advisory to farmers in the region to save the remaining crop. The crop would have been ready in February [2020], but farmers say that about 20% of the crop is affected by the disease in the region.Late blight was noticed in those fields where farmers Read more [...]