Aug 16, 2011
Damp weather brings late blight to Maine crops

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension says late blight sightings have been confirmed over the last month throughout Aroostook County and the Midcoast areas. Meanwhile, the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association has received reports coming in from Androscoggin and Kennebec counties.

"I mean, I get a call everyday with somebody who has either got late blight now or thinks that they have late blight that we’re checking on," says Jim Dill, a pest management specialist at the University of Maine Extension Service.
Dill says there have been at least six to eight cases of late blight on potatoes, and a dozen or so cases of infected tomatoes. It’s hard to miss. The Maine Public Broadcast Network

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