[CITAAT][C] After the famine: Plant pathology
RS Turner - Phytophthora infestans, and the late blight of potatoes, 1845
After the famine: Plant pathology, Phytophthora infestans, and the late blight of potatoes, 1845––1960
RS Turner - Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological …, 2005 - online.ucpress.edu
The late blight disease of potatoes, which triggered the great Irish famine of 1845-1849,
remains one of the most feared and intractable plant diseases today. Decades of dispute
about the cause of the disease followed the outbreak of 1845, and the scientifi c controversy
illustrates the uneasy historical relationship among farmers, scientifi c agronomists, and
plant pathologists. Consensus fi nally emerged that the fungus Phytophthora infestans was
the true cause of the disease, but that organism's full life cycle remained obscure. Its sexual …
remains one of the most feared and intractable plant diseases today. Decades of dispute
about the cause of the disease followed the outbreak of 1845, and the scientifi c controversy
illustrates the uneasy historical relationship among farmers, scientifi c agronomists, and
plant pathologists. Consensus fi nally emerged that the fungus Phytophthora infestans was
the true cause of the disease, but that organism's full life cycle remained obscure. Its sexual …
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