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Top tips to manage the blight risk this season

Disease control without mancozeb and the impact of the weather on late blight development were key topics of conversation as the Bayer Crop Doctors visited potato crops in Norfolk

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Top tips to manage the blight risk this season

The 2026 potato planting season has been one of the best that Agrii technical lead for potatoes, Ed Maule, can recall. It has also been one of the driest, and while that means early season blight pressure...

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