Mildew accounts for 40% of the phytosanitary potato market in Spain

Ricardo Ortega The vast majority of potato producers highlight mildew as the main threat to the crop, which forces them to explore “different solutions” that compensate for the elimination of active ingredients and prevent the generation of resistance by the fungus. Xavier Moncosí, product manager of Lainco, will attend the International Potato Congress on January 17 to focus on the importance of this threat to the crop and to put on the table the available solutions, which are different and of a different nature. “Mildew is a real economic problem for the producer, but also for the sector as a whole, since it leads to lower production and lower quality of the tuber,” he points out. In fact, “studies have been published that estimate the value of the fungicides required by the crop to combat this disease at seven million euros.” The figure corresponds to a crop that occupies 60,000 hectares in our country, of which 28% is in Castilla y León. There are fewer and fewer active ...