Close-up photo of tomatoes on the vine with mold and tomato blight - Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock If you've started to notice dark spots, brown leaves, or yellow ...

Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

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. Late blight is the disease that was ...

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 ...

Many of you have heard stories or read about the great potato famine which occurred in Ireland during 1840’s and 50s. But did you know it originated in Mexico? In 2009, there was a major outbreak of ...

Tomato plants throughout much of the Northeast were hit last summer with a devastating fungal disease called "late blight." It's the same disease that led to the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s. But ...

There is something wonderful about fresh, homegrown tomatoes. They always taste so much better than those bought at the store, and they have this delicious smell to them. So, it is always hard to see ...

Plant scientists are asking home gardeners in the region to check their tomato plants for a disease that could wipe out much of this year's crop. In spite of its name, late blight has appeared early ...

Late blight of potato and tomato is a devastating disease worldwide. It is caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans and led to the Irish potato famine in 1845. Under favorable weather conditions, ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On a morning in late May, a group of volunteers gathers at West Virginia University’s Organic Research Farm in Morgantown, a rippling plot of land northeast of campus. For the next ...