The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and CAFRE, Greenmount Campus has issued the first potato blight warning for 2014. A full Infection Period was recorded between 7th and 10th June at sites across Northern Ireland.
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The first field outbreak of blight in Northern Ireland this year was confirmed in a crop of British Queen near Limavady on 9th June.
Growers are advised to protect all crops with approved fungicides.
More information on controlling blight and on current blight risk is available from DARD Blight-Net via the DARD website and from your local Crops Development Adviser.
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