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Download PDF Blight strategies have become increasingly complex over the past decade or so. CPM looks at the latest changes in the blight population and how best to design blight programmes in light of them. In some situations it can be easier to plan backwards from desiccation. By Lucy de la Pasture and Rob Jones News that another previously undetected strain of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) has been confirmed in Great Britain will surprise few. Fortunately, 41_A2 has so far only been found in a crop of Maris Piper grown in Fife but on the balance of probabilities, it’s unlikely to be an isolated case. That’s the view of Nick Winmill, Agrii head of potato technical and development. But its presence raises some interesting questions and one of the most confounding is how did the new strain get there? It’s a pertinent question given that the UK has not allowed seed imports for the past two years, he says. There are several possibilities, but some are more plausible than others, notes Nick. “It may have been carried on the wind but at 700km against the mainly prevailing airflow, I believe this is unlikely to be the reason. A more plausible…
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Download PDF Blight strategies have become increasingly complex over the past decade or so. CPM looks at the latest changes in the blight population and how best to design blight programmes in light of them. In some situations it can be easier to plan backwards from desiccation. By Lucy de la Pasture and Rob Jones News that another previously undetected strain of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) has been confirmed in Great Britain will surprise few. Fortunately, 41_A2 has so far only been found in a crop of Maris Piper grown in Fife but on the balance of probabilities, it’s unlikely to be an isolated case. That’s the view of Nick Winmill, Agrii head of potato technical and development. But its presence raises some interesting questions and one of the most confounding is how did the new strain get there? It’s a pertinent question given that the UK has not allowed seed imports for the past two years, he says. There are several possibilities, but some are more plausible than others, notes Nick. “It may have been carried on the wind but at 700km against the mainly prevailing airflow, I believe this is unlikely to be the reason. A more plausible…
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