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Potato Blight Pathogen ‘Knife’ Sharpening Mystery Solved

Researchers have now discovered how the potato blight pathogen sharpens its knife when attacking a plant by slicing open its skin, a June 13...

Ontario’s Potato Field Guide Available to View Online

The Potato Field Guide of insects, diseases and defects, which was edited by the Ontario Potato Board's Eugenia Banks, is now available for viewing...

The CanPEDNet Team is Building a National PED Network

CanPEDNet is trying to solve problems with Canadian potato production by reducing PED severity and increasing yields. The Canadian potato industry is growing and more...

Top Contenders for Potato Pests and Diseases Across Canada for 2022

A cross country look at what potato pests and diseases growers can expect in their potato fields for the 2022 growing season. As the days...

Getting to the Bottom of Common Scab in Canada

The first national common scab research project has the Canadian potato industry seeing common scab in a whole new light. Tubers across Canada have fallen...

New Environmentally Friendly Control Method for Late Blight Discovered

A new environmentally friendly method, using spray-induced gene silencing, has been found to control late blight in potatoes, a Feb. 11 news release says. The method...

Potato Blight Pathogen ‘Knife’ Sharpening Mystery Solved

Researchers have now discovered how the potato blight pathogen sharpens its knife when attacking a plant by slicing open its skin, a June 13...

Ontario’s Potato Field Guide Available to View Online

The Potato Field Guide of insects, diseases and defects, which was edited by the Ontario Potato Board's Eugenia Banks, is now available for viewing...

The CanPEDNet Team is Building a National PED Network

CanPEDNet is trying to solve problems with Canadian potato production by reducing PED severity and increasing yields. The Canadian potato industry is growing and more...

Top Contenders for Potato Pests and Diseases Across Canada for 2022

A cross country look at what potato pests and diseases growers can expect in their potato fields for the 2022 growing season. As the days...

Getting to the Bottom of Common Scab in Canada

The first national common scab research project has the Canadian potato industry seeing common scab in a whole new light. Tubers across Canada have fallen...

New Environmentally Friendly Control Method for Late Blight Discovered

A new environmentally friendly method, using spray-induced gene silencing, has been found to control late blight in potatoes, a Feb. 11 news release says. The method...