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Tom Volk's Fungi, including mycology, molds, morels, fungus, IAQ, Indoor Air Quality and much more.
... : Phlebia coccineofulva, Hyphoderma puberum, and Pulcherricium caeruleum Phytophthora infestans, cause of late blight of potato and the Irish potato famine. Pisolithus tinctorius, the dog turd fungus or dyemaker's puffball. Pilobolus crystallinus, the ...
botit.botany.wisc.edu

Late Blight of Potato
... of Potato Late Blight of Potato GardenLine | Vegetables | Late Blight of Potato Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) of potato is a very destructive fungal disease. In the mid 1840’s this fungus reached epidemic proportions in Ireland and was responsible for the Irish potato famine ...
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Late Blight of Potato and Tomato, HYG-3102-95
... Late blight is one of the most devastating diseases of potato and tomato worldwide. It was responsible for the devastating Irish potato famine of the 1840's and has continued to be important ... . If left unmanaged, this disease can result in complete destruction of potato or tomato crops. Symptoms Late blight appears on potato or tomato leaves as pale green, water-soaked spots, often beginning ...
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Finding the perfect potato: using functional genomics to improve disease resistance and tuber quality traits
... disease outbreaks of all time was the Irish potato famine of 1845 to 1847 when the late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestens, devastated the potato crop and caused more than one million ... a research program currently underway in Canada that uses functional genomics to improve the potato. Key words: functional genomics, expressed sequence tags, microarray, activation tagging. Back to Table of ...
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Potato Blight - article, 1948 - DIVERSITY
... Potato Blight - article, 1948 - DIVERSITY Potato Blight The most destructive disease of potato is blight. The potato famine in Ireland in 1845 and 1846, when blight ruined the crops and thereby caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands from famine ...
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DIVERSITY - jane galloway's potato show
... DIVERSITY - jane galloway's potato show Jane Galloway's Potato Show The potato's role in world history is rarely acknowledged. Actress Jane Galloway is helping to put ... potato's history - Parmentier feeding the French army, Marie Antoinette using the flowers in her hair; the European / Irish potato famine of the 1840s; the invention of the crisp ... Jane observes that the potato ...
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APSnet North American Potato Blight Workshop
... participants discussed the state of late blight, the destructive disease responsible for the Irish potato famine that resulted widespread death by starvation and in the migration of more than one ... themselves and their interests, and facilitators participated in discussion forums on late blight management, potato host plant genetics, and the fungus and the disease. Among management topics covered in ...
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APSnet Education Center - Plant Disease Lessons - Late blight of potato and tomato
... /PHI-I-2000-0724-01 Updated, 2005. DISEASE: Late blight of potato and tomato PATHOGEN: Phytophthora infestans HOSTS: potato, tomato (economically important hosts) Authors Gail L. Schumann, University of Massachusetts, ... . (Courtesy D. Inglis, copyright-free) Late blight is the disease that triggered the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. It also was the first plant disease for which a microorganism ...
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Potato Wart Disease
... in the potato-growing regions of Chile or Peru. It was probably transported to Europe after the Irish potato famine, when plant scientists were investigating the breeding of new strains of potato. The connection ... interfere with well water and land use. In an attempt to eradicate wart disease of potato, potato plants are now bred for resistance to the disease. This breeding program has been ...
www.uidaho.edu

Watch Your Garden Grow - Potato
... diet around the world. The white potato is referred to as the "Irish potato" because it is associated with the potato famine in Ireland in the 19th century ... | Kohlrabi | Lettuce | Muskmelon | Mustard | Okra | Onion | Parsnip | Peas | Peppers | Potato | Pumpkin | Radish | Rhubarb | Rutabaga | Spinach | Summer Squash | Sweet Potato | Winter Squash | Tomato | Turnip | Watermelon Prepared by Ron ...
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