Potato Blight Remedies - Gardening Place

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 — a disease caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans that was responsible for the Irish potato famine between 1845 and 1852 — in ... Plant disease: Mapping the spread of potato blight prior to the Irish potato famine *IMAGES* Irish Central: New study traces outbreak of potato blight that caused Great Hunger to North America US-based scientists have compiled the first-ever maps detailing how potato blight first hit North America in the mid-19th century before crossing the Atlantic Ocean and causing the Great Hunger in ... New study traces outbreak of potato blight that caused Great Hunger to North America LARIMORE, N.D.

-- Potato producers attending the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's field days at Hoverson Farms in Larimore, N.D., were treated to a nasty surprise when North Dakota State ... Gardening Know How on MSN: Watch out for these common potato diseases & pests, if you want a healthy harvest of spuds