infestans and other members of the Phytophthora species, the NC State researchers ... resistance to this disease has focused on a wild potato species in Mexico—Solanum demissum—which was used to breed ...

The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina State […] The post The Source Of The Deadly Irish Potato Famine Has Ties To ...

Researchers nailed down the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of Phytophthora infestans, otherwise known as potato blight or late blight. Previously, the debate on the origins of P.

Blight - Phytophthora infestans - led to the Irish famine ... Researchers believe the Edinburgh Potato - Solanum x edinense - could be the key. Blight costs the UK industry an estimated £55m ...

infestans and other members of the Phytophthora species ... disease has focused on a wild potato species in Mexico—Solanum demissum—which was used to breed resistant potato lines that were ...

Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans ... in Mexico -- Solanum demissum-- which ...