CGIAR Scientists Develop New Potato Clones to Counter Late Blight, World's Worst Agricultural Disease

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CGIAR news release on a new set of experimental potatoes developed at CIP and expected to be resistant to all forms of late blight, which continues to reduce global potato production by 15 percent, costing US$2.5 billion in lost production and necessitating $750 million annually.