EurekAlert!: Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine *IMAGES* The first accurate maps of outbreaks of potato blight โ€” a disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans that was responsible for the Irish potato famine between 1845 and 1852 โ€” in ... Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine *IMAGES* 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.

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It's a big deal this year because, for the first time in a decade ... CSR Wire: GeoPotato: How Data Gives Bangladesh's Potato Farmers a New Tool in the Fight Against Late Blight GeoPotato: How Data Gives Bangladesh's Potato Farmers a New Tool in the Fight Against Late Blight 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 ... inforum: Red River Valley potatoes hit by disease for first time in decade