From the CT NOFA Gleanings eNewsletter:
"Sharon Douglass, the pathologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, has just confirmed the first case of late blight in Connecticut this year. The infected plant was from a backyard garden in Cheshire. The plants were grown from seed and the gardener did not have a problem with late blight last year. The disease could have spread to the garden from commercial vegetable farms in the neighborhood or from local greenhouses, of which there are many in Cheshire."
A link is provided to learn more about "late blight disease cycle, how to scout and diagnose the disease, and how to manage late blight on organic farms."
If you think you have seen late blight in your greenhouse, garden, or on volunteer potato plants, contact The Plant Disease Information Office, (203) 974-8601, or send or bring in samples for diagnosis.
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