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potato blight

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

potato blight A term that may refer to either late blight or early blight. Early blight is much the less serious of the two diseases and is caused by the fungus Alternaria solani; dark, concentrically zoned spots appear on the leaves of infected plants. Both early and late blights can also attack tomato plants. See also late blight of potato.

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potato blight

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

potato blight A term that may refer to either late blight or early blight. Early blight is much the less serious of the two diseases and is caused by the fungus Alternaria solani; dark, concentrically zoned spots appear on the leaves of infected plants. Both early and late blights can also attack tomato plants. See also LATE BLIGHT OF POTATO.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Pesticides Don't Phase New Potato Blight From Mexico Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/21/1995
	Potato blight control 2003.(Farming Life) Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 5/17/2003
	What was around comes around. (potato blight) Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 5/1/1994