The long-held assumption in the scientific community was that a strain of Phytophthora infestans called US-1 was behind the potato famine. To verify that assumption, a team of researchers from the U.K., Germany and the U.S. used dried plants from … See all stories on this topic »

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A research team lead by Sainsbury Laboratory in the U.K. has identified the pathogen that may have caused the Irish Potato Famine 168 years ago, Mother Nature Network reported. This is the first time scientists have decoded the genome of a plant … See all stories on this topic »

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The analysis showed that the strain that changed history (notably the infamous Irish potato famine) is different from modern day epidemics, and is probably now extinct; whereas other strains continue to attack potato and tomato crops around the world. See all stories on this topic »

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Scientists have identified the pathogen responsible for the Irish potato famine, using plant samples collected in the mid-19 th century. A plant pest that caused potato blight struck Ireland in 1845 triggering a famine that claimed a million lives from …
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An international group of plant pathologists has solved a historical mystery behind Ireland's Great Famine. Sure, scientists have known for a while that a funguslike organism called Phytophthora infestans was responsible for the potato blight that …
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[Plant Geneticist Detlef] Weigel's team also found nothing in the nuclear genomes of the famine strains to explain their ferocity. In fact, the strains lack a gene found in modern strains of P. infestans that overcomes the plant's resistance genes. And …
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TUBINGEN, Germany (UPI) — Researchers in Germany say they've identified a unique strain of potato blight responsible for the disastrous potato famine in 19th-century Ireland. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology reported …
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It killed more than a million people and sparked massive migrations. Now researchers say they've fingered the culprit in the Irish potato famine, one of the most destructive famines in modern times. Using plant samples collected in the mid-19th century … See all stories on this topic »

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NAIROBI, 22 May 2013 (IRIN) – Over one million people in Somalia are currently food insecure, according to a May report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET). This number is a significant drop from the 3.7 million considered food …
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SCIENTISTS have used 19th century plant samples to uncover the cause of the Great Famine in Ireland. The newly discovered pathogen is believed to have triggered the potato blight that spread through Ireland from 1845. In the following decade, as people … See all stories on this topic »

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