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1 gru 2022 · Potato late blight (PLB) caused by the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans is a devastating disease worldwide and led to the infamous Irish Potato Famine in 1845–1852 (Bourke 1964; Savary et al. 2017).
Potato blight (late blight) is a devastating disease that can destroy an entire potato crop. It is caused by an oomycete called Phytophthora infestans, which causes brown or black spots on leaves, stems, and tubers. Late blight can also affect tomatoes and other plants in the nightshade family.
Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete or water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight".
24 maj 2011 · Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans Mont. (de Bary), first occurred in Europe in the 1840s when it led to the devastating Great Irish Potato Famine (Bourke 1991). Over 160 years later, it continues to pose a major threat to potato production, particularly in the cooler, wetter northern European countries ...
Potato blight (also known as late blight) is a disease caused by a fungus-like (Oomycete) organism (Phytophthora infestans) that spreads rapidly through the foliage and tubers of potatoes in warm, wet weather, causing collapse and decay.
15 sty 2021 · Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a critical disease of potato and other solanaceous crops, such as tomato. The history of late blight is, in some ways, the history of modern plant pathology.
Potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, is one of the most devastating potato diseases worldwide. In Ireland in 1845, it caused the total destruction of the potato crop, which was the main staple food in that country, causing the deaths of thou-
