The first signs of the disease appear as small, water-soaked spots on the leaves, which may be circular or irregular in shape ...

A new study challenges the common theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration history ...

Experts said prolonged low temperatures and thick fog can make crops more susceptible to diseases, potentially reducing yield and quality.

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 ...

Purple potatoes from Hungary may prove to be the key to solving organic farming’s biggest economic obstacle; potato blight. Scientists at Newcastle University believe that the East European variety, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The devastating Irish potato famine triggered an “arms race” between plants and pathogens, ...

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In a March 18 article on the Irish potato blight, agents used to exterminate the disease were incorrectly described as herbicides. They should have been described as fungicides.(Published 3/20/02) The ...

“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Even with much holding of breath and shutting of eyes, U.S.

Researchers tracking the evolution of different strains of the plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s show that the historic lineage called FAM-1 was found in nearly ...

August in Charleston witnesses the loveliest of migrations. Like the swallows of Capistrano or the butterflies of Mexico, students flock back to the city in youthful, idealistic, hedonistic, colorful ...