Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they... An international group of plant pathologists has ...
The Irish potato famine of 1845–52 resulted in more than a million deaths. Another million people were displaced, and Ireland’s population was reduced by about 25%. The cause of widespread potato rot ...
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 ...
International Rescue Committee: What is famine? What causes it, and how to stop it
The Great Hunger: 1M dead, 2M fled, & Fenians invading Canada for Ireland is where it led. The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two million ...
The devastating Irish potato famine triggered an "arms race" between plants and pathogens, reveals new research. A ground-breaking examination of the genetic material found in historic potato leaves ...
EurekAlert!: Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine IMAGES
Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine IMAGES
The famous Irish Potato Famine was thanks to farming practices and p. infestans (among other things). But are the Colorado Potato Beetle and the climate crisis teaming up to bring about the next ...
Ireland, 1845. When a deadly fungus destroys potato crops throughout northern Europe, the most impoverished Irish population, whose main source of food is precisely the potato, suffers a cruel famine ...