10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTATO BLIGHT»
Discover the use of
potato blight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
potato blight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Potato blight epidemics throughout the world. U. S., Dep. Agric., Agric. Handb. I74
, I—230. Darvas, J. M., Toerien, J. C.. and Milne. D. L. (I984). Control of avocado
root rot by trunk injection with phosethyI-Al. Plant Dis. 68, 691-693. Debruyn.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
During the mid-1800s, the great tragedy in Ireland piqued the interest of Dr. Miles
J. Berkeley, who believed that a fungus was responsible for the potato blight.
However,he could not find sufficient proof to support his notion,because it was
still ...
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Phytophthora: Symposium of the British Mycological Society, ...
Chapter 2 Potato blight in Europe in 1845: the scientific controversy Austin
Bourke Two years before the first great European epidemic of potato blight (
Phytophihora infestans (Mont.) de Bary) the disease had broken out in the U.S.A.
in the ...
J. A. Lucas, British Mycological Society, British Society for Plant Pathology, 1991
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Proceedings Regional Workshop on
potato Late
Blight for East ...
Distinguished Guests, Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, the aim of this
regional workshop is to discuss and disseminate information on up-to-date
technologies for potato blight. l do believe that this regional workshop will give
the ...
Lizarraga, C. (CIP) (eds.)., Lizarraga, C. (eds.)
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Notes of a
Potato Watcher
The crop failure of 1848 was the final blow. Mass exodus followed. Between
1849 and 1852, over 800,000 people emigrated, most of them, some 84 percent,
to the United States.49 After 1848, the potato blight never hit Ireland again with
such ...
Figure 1 The leaves of an Irish potato plant infected with potato blight disease.
Figure 2 Hyphae have grown out of the underside of this leaf. They are forming
spores which may be blown onto other potato plants. Figure 3 Cocoa pods
infected ...
M.B.V. Roberts, June Mitchelmore, 2000
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Molecular Characterization of the Broad-spectrum
Potato Late ...
Annual Review of Phytopathology 42: 185-209. Fry, W.E. 2008. Phytophthora
infestans: the plant (and R gene) destroyer. Molecular Plant Pathology 9:385-402
. Garelik, G. 2002. Taking the Bite Out of Potato Blight. Science 298: 1702-1704.
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Proceedings of the International Workshop Complementing ...
Potato blight warning practice in Ireland, pp. 191-200 in: Dowley, L.J. Bannon, E.,
Cooke, L. R., Keane, T. and О' Sullivan, E. (eds.) Phytophthora infestans 150:
Proceedings of European Association for Potato Research (EAPR)-Pathology ...
Fernandez Northcote, E.N. (ed.)., 2003
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A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland
The potato blight was first noticed in Ireland, in the Botanic Gardens in Dublin, at
the end of August 1845.41 By September, it had started to appear in the
commercial sector. In that month, Dr Lindley, the editor of the prestigious
Gardener's ...
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A study on pest and disease of
potato
By integrating IPM (Integrated pest management) with insect pathogen psyllid
population can be reduced particularly against early season psyllids. Potato
blight (late blight): Late blight was mainly caused by fungus phytophthora
infestans.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTATO BLIGHT»
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potato blight is used in the context of the following news items.
Here's what's new about new potatoes
The famine was due to a potato blight, which destroyed the single most important food source for the Irish poor. Unfortunately they almost ... «Illinois Times, Jul 15»
Potato blight warning in N. Ireland
It has been confirmed that the first outbreak of potato blight in Northern Ireland this year was in Coleraine on 15 July in a crop of King Edward ... «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»
University system OKs $9 million for disease, tick lab at UMaine
It also will be the base of research in the state for issues from potato blight to salmonella in eggs to livestock diseases. Today, much of that work ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
Potato blight warning issued by AFBI in Northern Ireland
The first potato blight warning for 2015 has been issued by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and the College of Agriculture, Food ... «Irish Farmers Journal, Jul 15»
Go Walk: 'Pearls' in the Slieve Blooms
It was the onset of19th century potato blight - which Joyce describes vividly as an entire 162 acre crop creating a horrible stench as it rooted in ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
A ride on Ireland's backroads
Forced by outsiders to rely almost exclusively on potatoes for food, when the potato blight ravaged the food source over one million died and ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
US: Good news on potato blight
Minnesota and North Dakota potato farmers continue to avoid late blight this growing season, according to the most recent weekly report. «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»
Forbes Ag Summit marries Salinas and Silicon Valleys
“If you're a potato farmer and you had potato blight," Earon explains, "In a week, it's too late because in three days it destroyed the crop. «KIONrightnow.com, Jul 15»
6 non-chemical ways to tackle potato blight
The humid weather over the last week has been ideal for potato blight to establish in the crop, with Met Eireann issuing a blight warning. «Agriland, Jul 15»
Sunday's weather: It's a very wet morning, but the rain is expected to …
Weather conditions favouring the spread of potato blight will occur at times during the coming week. However, there will be opportunities for ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jul 15»
