The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina State […] The post The Source Of The Deadly Irish Potato Famine Has Ties To ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...

Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...

Then came the Great Famine of 1845, a tragedy etched in Irish history. A disease called potato blight wiped out potato crops across the country. With their primary food source destroyed ...

Late blight does not occur every year in Minnesota. Late blight of potato was responsible for the Irish potato famine of the late 1840s. Leaf infections are large brown blotches with a green gray edge ...

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