Phytophthora infestans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold that causes the serious potato disease known as late blight or potato blight . (Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani , is also often c...
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In 1845, a disease infected the potato crop all over Ireland. The potato being the main food source of the Irish, made this result into a horrific, deadly famine killing millions. Some of the Irish people fled from the infected land in search of a new and pure world. ... The Science of the Potato Blight...
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In the harvest of 1845, between one-third and half of the potato crop was destroyed by the strange disease, which became known as 'potato blight'. It was not possible to eat the blighted potatoes, and the rest of 1845 was a period of hardship, ... It was undoubtedly the greatest period of death in Irish history, but its long...
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www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/blight...
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Fungus that caused Irish potato famine is back, threatening potato crops around the world ... ; Even if you slept through world history class, you remember the Irish potato famine. Starting in 1845, a disease called "late blight" attacked the spuds that were feeding the densely packed island.
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Home gardeners beware: This year, late blight -- a destructive infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s -- is killing tomato and potato plants in gardens and on commercial farms in the eastern United States. ... Weed Implicated In Potato Blight Persistence (Jan. 8, 2007) — Late blight,
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701163647.htm
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Complete history in six chapters. ... Ireland is in your hands, in your power. If you do not save her, she cannot save herself. I solemnly call upon you to recollect that I predict with the sincerest conviction that a quarter of her population will perish unless you come to her relief. ... The Blight Begins...
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www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/
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Information Staff, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. Communicating news and information about scientific research. ... Forensic plant pathologists investigating the fungus that caused the Irish potato blight are using tools of biotechnology as an aid in their sleuthing.
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www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000317.htm
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Irish Potato Famine caused by unidentified fungus The menacing strain of fungus long blamed for the Irish Potato Famine was not the culprit after all, according to genetic research. During the 1840s, a blight raced through Ireland's potato crop... ... During the 1840s, a blight raced through Ireland's potato crop,
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www.usatoday.com/news/science/biology/2001-06-06-potato...
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Photos: Britain's new Prime Minister yesterday addressed the still painful subject of the Irish potato blight of the 1840's. Woodcuts depict people digging potatoes and immigrants leaving Galway during the famine.
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www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/world/past-as-prologue-blair...
www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/world/past-as-prologue-blair-faults-britain-in-irish-potato-blight.html
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