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 ...
ITHACA, N.Y. -- While many Americans will be relaxing after their Thanksgiving Day feast, many people around the world may have a shortage of food, particularly potatoes, a staple that is being ...
LARIMORE, N.D. - John Morten, who learned to fly as a boy of 17, provides a textbook example of how to keep potatoes safe from blight. It's a big deal this year because, for the first time in a decade ...
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 ...
LARIMORE, N.D. -- Potato producers attending the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's field days at Hoverson Farms in Larimore, N.D., were treated to a nasty surprise when North Dakota State ...
With winter weather turning increasingly cloudy and foggy, potato growers in Punjab have been put on alert as conditions are becoming favourable for the outbreak of late blight disease. Over the past ...
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