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Jul 8, 2024
Current late blight threats in Europe
The German unions of farmers (Deutscher Bauernverband) and potato producers (Union der Deutschen Kartoffelwirtschaft) put […]
Jul 29, 2021
Late Blight Observed near NC, July 27, 2021
Late blight outbreaks have been confirmed near Macon NC. July 27, 2021
Jul 24, 2020
Late blight detected in NC, July 17, 2020
Late blight was confirmed in Buncombe Co. in North Carolina as of July 17, 2020. […]
Apr 3, 2020
Tackling the Challenges of Emerging Plant Diseases
SABlight team member Dr. Jean Ristaino recently gave a talk for the Genetic Engineering and […]
Aug 27, 2019
Late blight reported in NC
Late blight has been detected in North Carolina as of August 26. A pest alert […]
Aug 21, 2019
Late blight reported in WI, ID, and NY
Agents in Wisconsin, Idaho, and New York have reported late blight outbreaks in their area. […]
Jul 29, 2019
Portable tech sniffs out plant disease in the field
Researchers at NC State University have recently developed a plant disease diagnostic tool that relies […]
Jul 25, 2019
New microneedle technique speeds plant disease detection
Researchers at North Carolina State University from the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and […]
Jul 18, 2019
Phytophthora nicotianae detected in eastern US
Outbreaks of Phytophthora nicotianae have recently been detected in parts of New York and Pennsylvania […]
Jun 6, 2019
Cornell expanding access to potato germplasm
Cornell is working to expand access to potato germplasm to facilitate the development of potato […]