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US-based scientists have compiled the first-ever maps detailing how potato blight first hit North America in the mid-19th century before crossing the Atlantic Ocean and causing the Great Hunger in ...
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Ireland’s famine wasn’t just about potatoes—here’s what really happened
When a devastating blight struck the potato crops, it unleashed a famine of unimaginable proportions, leaving a profound ...
This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...
The first accurate maps of outbreaks of potato blight — a disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans that was responsible for the Irish potato famine between 1845 and 1852 — in ...
A new study challenges the common theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration history ...
Late blight resistant varieties must be an active component of potato crop management regimes, rather than a “just-in-case” safety net. That is the view of Dan Milbourne, who is leading a major EU ...
* Late blight killing potato, tomato plants in Northeast * Disease threatens commercial, organic growers * Infested plants seen in chain store garden centers By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, July 10 ...
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