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AFBI Potato Blight Warning

Date published: 14 June 2016

Areas of Expertise: Grassland and Plant Science

The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and CAFRE, Greenmount Campus, have issued the first potato blight warning for 2016.

Blight sporulating on a potato leaf

Full Infection Periods were recorded between 7th and 12th June at sites across Northern Ireland.  Growers are advised to protect all crops with approved fungicides.  

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