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An irish famine in the mid 1800s killed over one million people this famine was caused by protists attacking what crop?
the potato crop was attacked by a fungus called potato blight
What factors led the Irish people to leave Ireland?
The Great Potato Famine in 1845 Half of the Irish population depended on the potato crop for food. When the crop failed 1 million people died and some Irish people migrated to the United States and some to Great Britian.
What was affected by the Irish Famine?
The potato crop.
What crop failed resulting in the death of thousands of Irish?
potatoPotato
What food crop failed and forced the Irish to come America?
the potato crop
What is the agronomic classification of a potato?
The white or Irish potato is agronomically classified as a tuber crop.
How did the one crop economy help lead to the famine in Ireland?
In the 1840s the potato was the main crop and a major part of the diet of the Irish people. A blight destroyed the potato crop from 1845 to the early 1850s, creating a major famine.
Did Irish people depend on potatoes in the Irish famine?
It was the most important food for most Irish people, so they did depend on it. When the crop failed because of the potato blight, there was not enough to eat and many people starved to death or left Ireland.
The destruction of the Irish potato crop in the mid-1800s was caused by a?
blight
Vegetable When this crop failed many Irish came to America to survive?
The crop that failed in Ireland was the potato. As a result of the potato famine, many Irish people emigrated to America in search of a better life and to escape the devastating consequences of the failed crop.
When this crop failed the Irish came to America to survive?
The failed crop (over several seasons) was the cause of the Irish Potato Famine. Many people starved to death, or succumbed to disease, while many sailed to America.
What was the variety of potato that Irish potato farmers grew during the potato famine?
Lumpers. ... until the crop was affected by blight which destroyed the crops and then there were none. That's why it it ended in the Irish crisis called the potato famine.
