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Potato Blight

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Blight is a symptom caused by fungal and bacterial diseases that infect plants. Shoots and leaves quickly brown off and die.

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HOW TO CONTROL BLIGHT

Prune out infected shoots.

Apply ORGANIC COPPER OXY which is suitable for use on vegetables, fruit trees, ornamentals and roses and has no withholding period.

Avoid excessive use of fertilisers which are high in nitrogen as it helps spread the infection. 

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Blight is a symptom of diseases caused by fungi and bacteria. The symptoms incude browning off and dieing of shoots, leaving withered leaves, flowers and fruits. Diseases include, apple fire blight, needle blight of pine trees, potato blight and grass late blight.

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There are many fungi that cause blight diseases. Among the most notorious are the phytopthera diseases that cause the potato blight and kauri dieback. The potato blight destroyed the potato crops in Ireland triggering the famine. Kuari dieback is killing the iconic Kauri trees of New Zealand.

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Fire blight on apples. Blight is a term used to describe the symptoms of a variety of fungal and bacterial disease of plants. It usually causes dieback. Dothistroma needle blight is a fungal disease of pine trees causing yellowing and dropping of needle leaves. Potato blight is caused by the Phytopthera fungus. As in the Irish famine it can destroy entire potato crops.