Blight monitoring shows strain 6_A1 strain prevalent this season

Despite the dry summer the Fight Against Blight (FAB) team has recorded and mapped 37 outbreaks of the disease across Great Britain.

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Blight monitoring shows strain 6_A1 strain prevalent this season

Despite the dry summer the Fight Against Blight (FAB) team has recorded and mapped 37 outbreaks of the disease across Great Britain. This season the first outbreak of potato blight was reported from...

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