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Blight map reveals evolution of potato disease in Europe in 2018

Blight map reveals evolution of potato disease in Europe in 2018

Late blight genotype 2018 samples (courtesy Euroblight website)
“Three emerging clones increased their combined frequency from 10% in 2016 to 36% of the population in 2018”
Potato plant affected by late blight (c) James Hutton Institute

An international consortium including the James Hutton Institute which tracks the European spatial distribution of Phytophthora infestans, the plant pathogen responsible for potato late blight, has updated the distribution of the pathogen by adding new data that visualises the distribution and diversity of dominant clones in the 2018 crop.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute