Agricultural regions are ramping up disease monitoring and fungicide strategies as crop blights—including apple scab, fire blight, white mold, and late blight on potatoes—pose escalating threats to harvests. Farmers are deploying new cisgenic crop varieties, scouting protocols, and AI-drone surveillance to detect and manage outbreaks before they spread.
·North Dakota facing higher risks of scab and white mold in 2026 growing season
·Cisgenic Gala apples engineered with natural resistance to apple scab and fire blight
·Ontario potato fields intensifying late blight scouting as conditions worsen
·Florida testing drone and AI technology to detect celery crop diseases early
·Decision-making tools and fungicide resources expanding across crop protection networks
drawn from Michigan Farm News, ISAAA.org, KSJB AM 600, Farmtario · updated 23h ago