How to control potato blight

Published: July 7, 2022, 6:29 a.m.

Dr. Steven Kildea joins Shay Phelan on this week\u2019s Tillage Edge podcast to talk about potato blight.\xa0

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Steven describes the conditions that favour the development of blight in a crop and also how to control the fungus.

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Steven also discusses how a new strain of blight has been found in Ireland which has resistance to one of the popular fungicides used both commercially and by hobby growers.

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For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:

https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/

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