creators_name: Frost, D
creators_name: Clarke, A
type: report
datestamp: 2007-06-19
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:36:27
metadata_visibility: show
title: Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans) field demonstrations, 2004
ispublished: pub
subjects: 8planthealth
subjects: rootcrops
full_text_status: public
keywords: potato, blight, Phytophthora infestans, resistance, Sarpo, cultivars
abstract: The results are presented of a trial of 28 potato varieties, including 19 blight-resistant Sarpo varieties, at Llanrhystud in Ceredigion. The effects of compost tea preparations in protecting against blight were also studied.
date: 2005-01
date_type: published
institution: Organic Centre Wales
refereed: never
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citation: Frost, D und Clarke, A (2005) Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans) field demonstrations, 2004.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/10843/1/Potato_blight_field_demonstrations_2004.pdf