This disease is caused by Phytophthora infestans, a fungus common on potato and tomato in wet years. Plants, fruit, and tubers can be destroyed by it. Cultural controls are recommended as well as fungicide applications. 4 pages.
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Title
Plant diseases: Late blight of potato and tomato and its control in the home garden
Creators
Debbie Inglis (Author)
Dennis A. (Dennis Allen) Johnson (Author)
Ralph S. Byther (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB0958
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900502803401842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess