MSN: Scientists finally solve the mystery of the Irish potato blight’s origins. It came from the Andes In the mid-19th century, a microscopic invader swept across Ireland, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. The potato blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans, triggered ...
Scientists finally solve the mystery of the Irish potato blight’s origins. It came from the Andes Irish Central: New study traces outbreak of potato blight that caused Great Hunger to North America 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 ... New study traces outbreak of potato blight that caused Great Hunger to North America In a March 18 article on the Irish potato blight, agents used to exterminate the disease were incorrectly described as herbicides. They should have been described as fungicides.(Published 3/20/02) The ...
potato blight, WRAL: Potato power: Student wins $250,000 prize for blight solution that could save billions Potato power: Student wins $250,000 prize for blight solution that could save billions EurekAlert!: Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine *IMAGES* 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 ... Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine *IMAGES* MONTPELIER The disease known as "late blight" that continues to move swiftly through stretches of Vermont's potato crop destroying pockets of seemingly healthy plants in a matter of days also poses a ...
