Whether you know them as Kartoffel, aardappels or pommes de terre, growing potatoes is not a simple business, not least because of the potential threat posed by late blight, the potentially devastating disease caused by the pseudo-fungus Phytophthora infestans.
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 - 38091 kB]
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The complete leaflet is available in German, Primär-Infektionsquellen der Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule |
Potato CS Guide Number 1 (German) [pdf - 27486 kB]
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With a Dutch summary, Vermindering primaire inoculumbronnen van aardappelziekte |
Potato CS Guide Number 1 (Dutch) [pdf - 27565 kB]
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And with a French summary |
Potato CS Guide Number 1 (French) [pdf - 201 MB]
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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 - 43332 kB]
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The complete leaflet is available in German, Entscheidungshilfensysteme gegen die Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule |
Potato CS Guide Number 2 (German) [pdf - 54734 kB]
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With a Dutch summary, Gebruik van beslissingsondersteunende systemen tegen aardappelziekte |
Potato CS Guide Number 2 (Dutch) [pdf - 53461 kB]
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With a French summary |
Potato CS Guide Number 2 (French) [pdf - 83299 kB]
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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 - 43004 kB]
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The complete leaflet is available in German, Fungizide gegen die Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule |
Potato CS Guide Number 3 (German) [pdf - 17237 kB]
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With a Dutch summary, Fungiciden ter bestrijding van aardappelziekte |
Potato CS Guide Number 3 (Dutch) [pdf - 16878 kB]
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With a French summary |
Potato CS Guide Number 3 (French) [pdf - 67543 kB]
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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 - 72023 kB]
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This leaflet is available with a Dutch summary, Inzet rasresistentie ter vermindering van fungicidengebruik tegen aardappelziekte |
Potato CS Guide Number 4 (Dutch) [pdf - 43882 kB]
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With a French summary |
Potato CS Guide Number 4 (French) [pdf - 145 MB]
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*A German version of Guide Number 4 will soon be available.
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