HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.)—A special task force has
been formed to help Pennsyl
vania’s potato and tomato farmers
minimize late blight damage to
their 199 S crops, Acting Agricul
ture Secretary Charles C. Brosius
said.
“The Department has joined
forces with The Pennsylvania
State University to combat late
blight disease, which is a threat to
commercial growers,” Brosius
said. “We also will work together
with the farming community and
federal regulators to try to minim
ize crop losses.”
Late blight (Phytophthora
infestans) is a fungal disease
affecting tomatoes and potatoes.
Brownish to purplish-black spots
appear on leaves or stems of
plants. The disease can occur at
any time during the growing sea
son when humid, rainy conditions
occur.
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Task Force To Fight Late Blight
disease develops rapidly. If late
blight occurs On potato or tomato
plants, spores of the blight fungus
can move quickly from field to
Held.
The Pennsylvania Late Blight
Task Force met to recommend a
variety of ways late blight disease
could be detected and controlled.
As a result of the first meeting,
testing arrangements were deve
loped, education and training
efforts were detailed, and a
request was made to the federal
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for a crisis exemption to
release the fungicides Dimetho
moiph and Cymoxanil (Curzate)
to control late blight disease.
After hearing recommendations
from the task force, the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture
agreed to provide staffing, equip
ment, and telephone support for a
199 S effort to 1 minimize the
impact of laite blight in
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Growers should take several
measures to protect their crops
against late blight disease. They
should select seed potatoes that
meet or exceed USDA standards
for late blight. They also should
scout through their crops a mini
mum of two times per week soon
after crop emergence and utilize
the Department of Agriculture’s
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should apply fungicides as envir
onmental conditions (blightcast)
warrant. Cull piles or potatoes that
were not dug up last year should
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Commercial growers potential
ly affected by late blight may
receive further information about
the management program by con
tacting their professional associa
tions, county extension agents,
and/or specialists at The Pennsyl
vania State University.
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potato crop was valued at $29.5
million in 1994. The 1994 com
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