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PRO/PL> Late blight, potato – India: strain Blue 13

Other Plant Disease -- IndiaWest Bengal State University [WBSU] have found 19 unique and highly aggressive variants of _Phytophthora infestans_. These variants are from the European 13_A2 [Blue 13] genotype and were responsible for the 2013-14 epidemic in West Bengal that shrank potato yield by 8000 kg per hectare.Pathogen diversity was found to be highest near international borders with Bangladesh and Nepal. Both regularly import potatoes. In 2012, the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Read more [...]