St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
April 27, 2015
Worldwide losses due to late blight are estimated at around $5 billion annually. It’s no wonder that researchers are working hard to fight this disease at both the molecular and applied levels.
The latest Focus on Potato presentation, authored by Bill Fry, Professor of Plant Pathology at Cornell University and a leading researcher in late blight, discusses the genetics of late blight in a webcast titled “Genetics of Late Blight – Real World Implications.” In this presentation, Fry explains:
- The many general and unique genetic characteristics of Phytophthora infestans, the pathogen that causes late blight of potato
- What we learned over time about this pathogen’s genetics
- The worldwide population genetics of this disease with special emphasis on the United States
- The role of “migration” in late blight’s population diversity in the USA and worldwide
- How our understanding of late blight’s genetics has affected fungicide and host resistance
This 40-minute presentation is freely available for viewing through June 30, 2015, on the Plant Management Network’s Focus on Potato resource, located at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/fop.
Webcasts on potatoes and a variety of other crops can also be found in the Plant Management Network’s Education Center.
Focus on Potato is a publication of the Plant Management Network. To get the most out of the Plant Management Network’s full line of resources, please sign up for PMN’s free electronic newsletter, PMN Update.
The Plant Management Network (www.plantmanagementnetwork.org) is a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through applied, science-based resources, like Focus on Potato.
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