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What is a potato blight?

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potato blight are potato mold,potato disease,potato mildew and potato murrain.

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Common name of Phytophthora infestans?

Potato Blight, Potato Late Blight Agent, Potato Late Blight Fungus


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Potato blight is a fungus.


What was the potato blight?

1845


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What was the cause of the Irish potato famine?

Blight a disease that spread through potatoes


The great potato famine in Ireland resulted from what?

Potato blight.


What year was the potato blight?

1845


This was affected by a blight in Ireland?

Potato.


Could Potato blight come back to Ireland?

Yes, Potato blight is endemic in Ireland and Europe, but today a variety of types of potato are grown some of which are blight resistant and we also have chemical sprays that can kill the fungus. The trouble with the blight in the past was that there were no sprays and only one variety of potato was grown and when a blight evolved to attack this variety, it meant that ALL the Irish crop was hit and this lead to famine.


How did the disease potato blight affect the potato?

It rots the potato making it unfit for eating.


How do you use blight in ɑ short sentence?

The Irish potato famine was caused by blight.


What organism caused the Irish patato blight?

Phytophthora infestans(known as late blight) caused the Irish potato blight.