ENDURE’s Potato Case Study team estimated that the combined worldwide cost of crop losses and treatments (mainly fungicides) for late blight is a staggering €4 billion per year, half of this cost incurred in Europe alone, making the disease the focus for their research.

The result of their study was a series of four guides in the From Science to Field series, leaflets containing scientifically sound, practical advice for agricultural advisers and farmers. Now these potato-based leaflets are available in four different languages, and you can download them below:

	Guide Number 1 - Reducing Primary Inoculum Sources of Late Blight analyses the first step in an integrated control strategy: identifying the most common sources of late blight and ways to reduce the risk	Potato CS Guide Number 1 LR [pdf - 380.91 kB]
	The complete leaflet is available in German, Primär-Infektionsquellen der Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule	Potato CS Guide Number 1 (German) [pdf - 274.86 kB]
	With a Dutch summary, Vermindering primaire inoculumbronnen van aardappelziekte	Potato CS Guide Number 1 (Dutch) [pdf - 275.65 kB]
	And with a French summary	Potato CS Guide Number 1 (French) [pdf - 2.01 MB]

	Guide Number 2 - Using Decision Support Systems to Combat Late Blight examines the use of decision support systems (DSS), which integrate all relevant information to generate spray recommendations	Potato CS Guide Number 2 LR [pdf - 433.32 kB]
	The complete leaflet is available in German, Entscheidungshilfensysteme gegen die Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule	Potato CS Guide Number 2 (German) [pdf - 547.34 kB]
	With a Dutch summary, Gebruik van beslissingsondersteunende systemen tegen aardappelziekte	Potato CS Guide Number 2 (Dutch) [pdf - 534.61 kB]
	With a French summary	Potato CS Guide Number 2 (French) [pdf - 832.99 kB]

	Guide Number 3 - Fungicides for Tackling Late Blight notes that fungicides play a crucial role in the integrated control of late blight, with IPM strategies balancing a number of factors such as efficacy, side-effects and economic and social factors	Potato CS Guide Number 3 LR [pdf - 430.04 kB]
	The complete leaflet is available in German, Fungizide gegen die Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule	Potato CS Guide Number 3 (German) [pdf - 172.37 kB]
	With a Dutch summary, Fungiciden ter bestrijding van aardappelziekte	Potato CS Guide Number 3 (Dutch) [pdf - 168.78 kB]
	With a French summary	Potato CS Guide Number 3 (French) [pdf - 675.43 kB]

	Guide Number 4 - Using Cultivar Resistance to Reduce Inputs Against Late Blight says that the late blight resistance of a cultivar offers significant potential in reducing fungicide inputs as part of an integrated control strategy	Potato CS Guide Number 4 LR [pdf - 720.23 kB]
	This leaflet is available with a Dutch summary, Inzet rasresistentie ter vermindering van fungicidengebruik tegen aardappelziekte	Potato CS Guide Number 4 (Dutch) [pdf - 438.82 kB]
	With a French summary	Potato CS Guide Number 4 (French) [pdf - 1.45 MB]

*A German version of Guide Number 4 will soon be available.

• Also recently added to ENDURE’s publications was Maisanbau mit weniger Herbizideinsatz , a German version of Maize cropping with less herbicide from the Integrated Weed Management case study:
  Integrated Weed Management Case Study Guide 1 (German) [pdf - 718.45 kB]
• You can find details of all ENDURE’s publications by clicking here.
• For more information about late blight, you can also visit the EuroBlight website.