Claim · #6492093
Phytophthora infestans · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“potato late-blight epidemic and subsequent famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 61
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytophthora infestans causing Irish potato famine (~1845–1852) is historically and biologically well-established; oomycete classification and severity are correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora infestans (oomycete) causing potato late blight and the Irish famine (~1845–1852) is one of the best-documented plant-pathology events in history.”
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