New strains of late blight are targeting tomatoes, and while the disease is not yet known to be on Prince Edward Island, a ...

Tomato late blight disease is the least common type, but it is by far the most destructive. It is caused by Phytophthora infestans, which can also infect other members of the nightshade family.

For the third year in a row, late blight disease has been detected early in the season on Long Island. This time, it's been found on tomato crops on the South Fork.

In spite of its name, late blight has appeared early in the tomato growing season, which runs from April to October, and threatens not just homegrown fruit but commercial crops, said Jerry Brust ...

Tomato crops throughout the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast have been savaged by late blight, the disease responsible for the 1840s Irish potato famine. A cold, wet June helped the fungus, which is ...

With our recent rainy weather and storms, I am not surprised that we diagnosed late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic in late August. So far, it has ...

Late blight was found on potatoes and tomatoes in Wyoming and Cattaraugus counties recently according to the Cornell Vegetable Team.

A third disease that has affected us the last two years is late blight; this is a very serious disease that will quickly kill the entire tomato plant. The agricultural industry in Wisconsin is ...

Growers are nervous this summer as they hope late blight won't resurface in the North Country. The disease devastated tomato and potato crops across the Northeast last summer. David Sommerstein ...

With our recent rainy weather and storms, I am not surprised that we diagnosed late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic in late August. So far, it has ...