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Potato Disease Detection Funded – for Aug. 12, 2010

A Quebec firm working on DNA-based disease detection and monitoring for potatoes will get $1.2 million in federal backing. Phytodata Inc. said it’s partnering with McCain Foods Canada to develop such detection systems. The federal funding will go toward work on new and “highly reliable” ways to monitor and detect major airborne diseases in potatoes,
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Late Blight In Manitoba Potatoes Under Control

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“It was going to be devastating if we had not talked about it (late blight) earlier.” – VIKRAM BISHT What could have been a late blight disaster this summer was averted by early detection and quick action on the part of potato farmers, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture and Food Initiatives says. Late blight
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In Brief… – for Jul. 8, 2010

Another barn burns: A fire struck a hog barn June 29 in the R. M. of Hanover, killing 150 hogs and causing an estimated $325,000 in damages, Steinbach RCMP say. The barn contained approximately 1,600 hogs, most of which were rescued. A subsequent investigation by the RCMP and Office of the Fire Commissioner determined that
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New Strains Raise Long-Term Blight Risk

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Until the mid-1990s, Canadian potato growers’ late blight concerns were limited to a single genotype – the US-1 variant – and it was sensitive to the relatively cheap and widely available fungicide Ridomil, says AAFC plant pathologist Rick Peters. “That changed in 1994, with an influx of new strains,” says Peters. Suddenly growers found themselves
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Late Blight Travels In Unusual Ways

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“It’s a community disease – it spreads far and fast. Don’t try to hide it.” – GARY SECOR The U. S. potato industry was confronted with a widespread outbreak of late blight in 2009 that originated from a surprising source. “It was from some tomatoes that were being distributed in the field to big box
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Air attack approved on early potato blight Bayer CropScience has picked up regulatory approval for aerial application of its fungicide Scala on potato crops. Scala, a Group 9 pyrimethanil product, is the only fungicide in its group registered for control of early blight in potatoes, Bayer said. It’s had registration for ground application against early
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Potato Famine Disease Striking Home Gardens In U. S.

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Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U. S. plant scientists said July 10. “Late blight has never occurred this early and this widespread in the United States,” said Meg
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Chemical Tool Box Topped Up For Potato Growers

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Manitoba potato growers have a handful of new crop protection products in their arsenal for the 2009 season, including new fungicides, seed treatments, herbicides and insecticides. Some are all new for this season while others were registered late last season and saw limited use in the 2008 campaign. The fungicide Revus, from Syngenta, was registered
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Knowledge, New Tools Best For Fighting Bugs On Spuds

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“All the greatest chemistry in the world cannot make up for poor handling of seed.” – TRACY SHINNERS-CARNELLEY Pesticide resistance has grown in the past decade. But on the bright side, new chemistry has kept apace of the bad bugs. “When I started working in potatoes, almost 10 years ago, we didn’t have a lot
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Fry Farmers Need Good Disease Control

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“It can be healthy one day, you’ll come back a couple days later and it’s completely dead.” – NEIL GUDMESTAD Colour is quality in a french fry processor’s eyes. Their customers want an attractive, golden-yellow fry without any mottling, and most importantly, no sugar ends. A sugar end refers to a fry that has a

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