Late blight was found in Michigan potatoes July 15, 2014. Conditions remain conducive for late blight in irrigated potato crops.
Posted on July 15, 2014 by Willie Kirk, Michigan State University Extension, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Late blight was found in a potato crop near Edmore, Michigan in Montcalm County on July 15, 2014 by ABC Consultants scouts. Genotyping is currently underway and the source of the inoculum has not yet been found. The previous genotype found in LaGrange County, Indiana was US-23 and our initial lab experiments indicate that this is an aggressive isolate. Recommendations for late blight treatment remain the same as in previous reports posted at Michigan State University Extension, and include treating with one of the translaminar fungicides listed at the Michigan Late Blight Risk Monitoring website.
Conditions remain conducive for late blight in irrigated potato crops. Forecasts and disease severity value (DSV) accumulations can be checked daily at www.cnchemicals.com/.
Dr. Kirk’s work is funded in part by MSU’s AgBioResearch.
This article was published by Michigan State University Extension. For more information, visit http://www.cnchemicals.com/. To contact an expert in your area, visit http://www.cnchemicals.com/, or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).
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