The International Bremia Evaluation Board (IBEB) has evaluated all Bremia races found in 2014 and earlier. Once again most outbreaks of Bremia were caused by new Bremia isolates with only local importance. One isolate already known from earlier years appeared to have spread more widely. IBEB decided to nominate this one new race as Bl:32. Bl:32 was found in the past few years in France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Austria, Switzerland , and Belgium. Recently it also spread to Portugal and North Spain. The Board emphasizes the importance of chemical control and hygiene measures in addition to the use of resistant varieties to prevent the development of new races.
At Enza Zaden they breed their varieties for the future, already taking future Bremia strains into account. And this unique approach once again pays off. They offer a very wide assortment of quality varieties with broad resistance patterns. As a result the majority of Enza's varieties has, next to resistance to the existing strains Bl:16-31, also resistance to the very new one Bl:32.
Have a look at their brochure Resistance to Bl:32 for an overview of their varieties that are resistant to this new strain.