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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 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 ... AG Week: NDAWN Potato Blight app offers new weapon against potato disease North Dakota and western Minnesota potato growers have an improved tool to fight a dangerous crop disease. The North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, or NDAWN, has launched its Potato Blight app ...
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Late blight lesion on a potato leaf. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...
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Scientists have finally figured out exactly what strain of potato blight led to the deaths of more than a million people in Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid-19th century — and it's not the ... Researchers are working to find out more about blight in plants such as potatoes. The disease has caused both famine and waves of human migration. They are focusing primarily on researching the ... Irish Central: Potato genetically engineered to resist blight that plagued Irish during Great Hunger Scientists at J.R.
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Simplot Company developed a potato genetically engineered to resist the late blight that destroyed crops of potatoes in Ireland in the 1840s and 1850s leading to the Irish Potato ... Potato genetically engineered to resist blight that plagued Irish during Great Hunger BROWN COUNTY — To all green thumbs, you're being advised to take a close look at your gardens. It's because of a disease called late blight that could kill your tomatoes and potatoes. Late blight is ...