The cloudy, rainy conditions last month were ideal for the spread of late blight spores. Late blight is a plant disease that attacks potatoes and... Jul 15, 2013 — The cloudy, rainy conditions last ...

The last two weeks the Extension Office and local greenhouses have been awash with one question: "What's wrong with my tomatoes??" If you are one of these folks the chances are good that you have been ...

Late blight is a plant disease that mainly attacks potatoes and tomatoes, although it can sometimes be found on other crops, weeds and ornamentals in the same botanical family (solanaceae). Late ...

As we eagerly anticipate the harvest of tomatoes, the first confirmed report of late blight in Waukesha County brings disappointment to gardeners. Late blight is a highly destructive fungal disease ...

Late blight is a fungal scourge that can wipe out a potato or tomato crop in days. It is blamed for the infamous Irish potato famine of... Jul 13, 2015 — Late blight is a fungal scourge that can wipe ...

For the third year in a row, late blight disease has been detected early in the season on Long Island. This time, it's been found on tomato crops on the South Fork. Late blight is the disease that was ...

Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

That tomato or potato plant you bought may contain one of the most serious of diseases, the same one that caused the potato famine in Ireland in the 1840s. Our wet and cool weather has been nearly ...

Home gardeners beware: This year, late blight -- a destructive infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens and on commercial ...

Your tomato plant has finally set green fruit, and you can just imagine how delicious those home-grown tomatoes will be. But suddenly, some leaves turn deep brown, there are dark blotches on stems and ...

The leaves of tomato plants with late blight show brownish spots. (Purdue Department of Botany and Plant Pathology photo/Janna Beckerman) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Late blight was ...

To those who thought the threat of late blight this year was over and we tomato and potato growers were out of the woods, so to speak, unfortunately that isn't the case. Word came down from the ...