Examples of late blight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Coastal and Western valleys: Spray susceptible varieties of potatoes and tomatoes for early and late blight. — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2021 Spray potatoes and tomatoes for early and late blight. Trade-name products and services are mentioned as illustrations only. — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2021 Late July: Begin to monitor for early and late blight on tomatoes. — oregonlive, 1 July 2021 Near the coast, late blight (LB) and verticillium wilt (V) are common. — Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021 With all the rain, early blight, late blight and various fungal leaf spots have begun showing up. — Dan Gill, nola.com, 13 Apr. 2019 Potato late blight can destroy fields in days, and was central to the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s when 2 million people died from starvation and disease. — Tom Page, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018 For late blight, keep foliage dry as much as possible, and check frequently for symptoms whenever the weather is wet. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015 On peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes, Phytophthora infection is known as late blight. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2015

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