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D-late-blight Dictionary

Late blight

A destructive fungal disease of potatoes and tomatoes

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Plain meaning
A destructive fungal disease of potatoes and tomatoes
How to use it
Spray preventively in wet weather; late blight can destroy a crop in days.
South African benchmark
Late blight is a standing risk in South Africa's wetter potato regions (Article 44).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M7-U5
Calculate it
T-M7-03 Seed and Input Plan
Library sources
LIB-A044, LIB-P-Potato, LIB-P-Potato-IP
See also
Integrated pest management
Potato: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedPotato: how the business runsSold by10 kg bags or tonnes per hectare1Plant seed2Grow3Lift4Grade and bag5Fresh market or processorZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Potato Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M7 Potato.