?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Development+of+a+systems+approach+for+the+management+of+late+blight+in+EU+organic+potato+production+-+FiBL+part%0D%0A&rft.subject=Crop+health%2C+quality%2C+protection&rft.subject=+Root+crops&rft.description=Late+blight+(caused+by+Phytophthora+infestans+)+is+the+most+devastating+disease+affecting+organic+(and+conventional)+potato+production+in+the+EU.+The+proposed+ban+on+the+use+of+copper+fungicides+for+control+of+late+blight+in+organic+farming+has+potentially+serious+implications+for+the+potato+crop.+Losses+of+yield+and+hence+income+in+the+absence+of+copper+sprays+is+expected+to+threaten+the+economic+viability+of+both+organic+potato+enterprises+and%2For+whole+organic+farming+businesses+in+many+areas+of+the+EU.%0D%0AThe+overall+aim+of+the+Blight-MOP+project+is+to+develop+a+systems+approach+to+control+potato+late+blight+that+maintains+yield+and+quality+and+hence+commercial+viability+of+organic+potato+crops+without+the+use+of+copper+fungicides.+This+involves+integrated+use+of%0D%0A(i)+resistant+varieties+(ii)+existing+agronomic+strategies+(iii)+alternative+treatments+that+can+replace+synthetic+and+copper+based+fungicides+(iv)+use+of+existing+blight+forecasting+systems+to+optimise+control+treatments%0D%0Aaiming+to+maximise+synergistic+interactions+between+(i)%2C+(ii)%2C+(iii)+and+(iv).%0D%0A&rft.type=Project+description&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6014%2F1%2Ffibl-projekt-phytophatologie-kartoffelbau-blight-mop.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6014%2F2%2Ffibl-projekt-phytophatologie-kartoffelbau-blight-mop-en.pdf&rft.identifier=%7BProject%7D+Blight-MOP%3A+Development+of+a+systems+approach+for+the+management+of+late+blight+in+EU+organic+potato+production+-+FiBL+part.+[Kupferersatz+im+Kartoffelanbau.]+Runs+2001+-+2005.+Project+Leader(s)%3A+Tamm%2C+Lucius%2C+Research+Institute+of+Organic+Agriculture+(FiBL)%2C+CH-5070+Frick.+More+information+online+at+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncl.ac.uk%2Ftcoa%2Fproducers%2Fresearch%2Fblightmop%2F+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncl.ac.uk%2Ftcoa%2Fproducers%2Fresearch%2Fblightmop%2F%3E%3E.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F6014%2F