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The wet mould phytophthora infestans.
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∙ 11y agoThe complete loss of the potato harvest caused the Great Irish Famine of 1919. Thousands of people died of starvation, while many Irish people fled to the United States.
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What was the cause of the Irish potato famine?
Blight a disease that spread through potatoes
What was the cause for Irish immigration in the 1940?
potato blight
Was it water that cause the potatoes to ruin during the Irish famine?
no. it was a blight
Did diatom cause the Irish potato famine?
no, oomycetes.
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
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.
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
What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the US in the 1840s?
Most of the immigration was caused by the potato famine, but some were caused when their king had switched to a England church because of his marriage. That caused England to be in control of Ireland which left them weak. Another when the black plague had spread to them from England and the Irish were mad at them cause now, England had made most of their troubles.
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.
Thousands of Irish people died in the 1840s when the?
In 1840 The Great Famine happened, also known as the Potato famine. It was the cause of deaths for thousands of Irishmen and women.
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!
Protist that cause Irish Potato Blight?
Phytophthora - it's a pathogenic protist. Another member of the family is causing the sudden oak death disease.
