A genetic investigation has finally tracked down the source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, closing a case that has been up in the air for years. Researchers nailed down the Andes ...

The potato blight did not only affect Ireland; it caused widespread crop failures and famine in Europe, from Sweden all the way down to northern Spain, and many thousands of the poor in a number ...

The potato blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans, triggered a famine that killed over a million people and forced millions more to flee. For over a century, scientists ...

It has been known that Phytophthora infestans, a fungus-like organism that devastated potato crops, led to the famine in Ireland. But the precise strain of the pathogen that caused the devastating ...

The potato famine also affected Irish-speaking people ... In addition to the strong prejudice that 'Irish poverty is caused by the moral shortcomings of the Irish,' and because potatoes are ...

Mm, mm, mm. - Why don't you tell them about the potato famine and the millions that suffered? 'Cause potatoes couldn't handle a little fungus. - Hey, are you really out here spreading potato ...

Potatoes were once so despised they were linked to leprosy. What changed? It's a tale of propaganda, survival, and ordinary ...

Junked Supports. What caused the great potato famine? Chiefly Washington’s planners, who had tried to abrogate the law of supply & demand and had completely disrupted potato growing. In eight ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era. The premise of Rot, Padraic S. Scanlan’s comprehensive ...