Close-up photo of tomatoes on the vine with mold and tomato blight - Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock If you've started to notice dark spots, brown leaves, or yellow ...

Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

For the third year in a row, late blight disease has been detected early in the season on Long Island. This time, it's been found on tomato crops on the South Fork. Late blight is the disease that was ...

With our recent rainy weather and storms, I am not surprised that we diagnosed late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic in late August. So far, it has ...

There is something wonderful about fresh, homegrown tomatoes. They always taste so much better than those bought at the store, and they have this delicious smell to them. So, it is always hard to see ...

In an ordinary season, John Holbrook would have all his tomato plants in the ground at Holbrook Farm in Bethel. This year, he started moving them out in mid-June. It was too cold and rainy to expose ...

For the last three weeks, tomato and potato farmers have had crazy weather. Heavy rains come with lots of problems. They provide prime conditions for harmful pathogens to propagate and spread. Late ...

Growers are nervous this summer as they hope late blight won't resurface in the North Country. The disease devastated tomato and potato crops... Jun 28, 2010 — Growers are nervous this summer as they ...

Plant scientists are asking home gardeners in the region to check their tomato plants for a disease that could wipe out much of this year's crop. In spite of its name, late blight has appeared early ...

The start of the autumn garden season begins as nights grow cooler, and days become shorter and this is also when late summer and fall garden problems start to sprout. From late blights on tomatoes to ...

Late blight is the same fungus that caused the great potato famine in Ireland, and it's just as hard on tomatoes as it was on the Irish potatoes. The first thing you'll see is black streaking in the ...