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Phytophthora - it's a pathogenic protist. Another member of the family is causing the sudden oak death disease.

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What was the cause for Irish immigration in the 1940?

potato blight


What was the cause of the Irish potato famine?

Blight a disease that spread through potatoes


Are protist organisms any harm?

Yes protists cause disease , cause red tide, and the Irish potato famine Yes protists cause disease , cause red tide, and the Irish potato famine


What is the cause of the blight Irish potato famine?

The wet mould phytophthora infestans. = =


Was it water that cause the potatoes to ruin during the Irish famine?

no. it was a blight


Which problem existed in the Irish economy that unlike irelands industrialized neighbor great Britain would cause its population to drop by millions of people?

the Irish economy heavily depended on potatoes and a blight wiped out the potato crop in the 1840 creating wildespread famine


Did diatom cause the Irish potato famine?

no, oomycetes.


Why did Thousands of Irish people died in the 1840s?

Cause of [ POTATO]


Did the potato blight cause a reduction in population in Ireland?

The potato famine in Ireland which was caused by the potato blight killed in the region of 2 million people out of a pre-famine population of 9 million, and it started emigration to America, Canada, Australia and other places, displacing another one million during the famine, and many more since.


Give you a cause and effect sentence for blight?

Blight means a plant disease. The plants became effected with blight. We treated the crops for blight.


Why were Irish Halloween people coming to America during the Nineteenth Century?

The cause was the Great Irish Potato Famine, a staple of the Irish diet.See related link below!


What year did the Potato Famine begin?

The great Irish potato famine started in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the years 1842 to 1852. There was mass starvation, which is estimated to of killed one million people. Many people also emigrated from Ireland because of the famine. Ireland's population is estimated to have decreased as much as 25 percent in just seven years. Historians now know the cause of the famine was a disease called potato blight. The famine was so great, because at the time nearly 33 percent of Ireland's population relied solely on potatoes for nourishment.