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Wed 02 Feb 2010Fungus strain puts potato crop at risk
THE POTATO crop is under severe threat once again from blight with the emergence of a new strain of the fungus Blue 13 which has arrived here from Britain where it was first detected in 2005.
Farmers already suffering from severe crop losses because of frost and snow were told yesterday at the National Potato Conference that the new strain had spread to many parts of Ireland and may be adapting to Irish conditions.
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