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What is the Name of the Irish Potato Famine fungus?

The blight during the famine wasn't caused by a fungus, it was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans.


What was the cause of the Irish potato famine?

Blight a disease that spread through potatoes


What caused an irish exodus to England and the United states during the 19th century?

potato blight


How did the potato blight in Ireland start?

The English, who had no use for the Irish, spread the potato blight germs around on the potato fields so that they could get rid of as many Irish as possible. It largely worked - millions of Irish either starved to death or immigrated to other nations, like Canada and the USA. (That's why my greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandfather came to America)


How do you use blight in ɑ short sentence?

The Irish potato famine was caused by blight.


What was the cause for Irish immigration in the 1940?

potato blight


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.


What disease did the Irish potatoes have?

During the 1840s, potato blight affected potatoes in Ireland, causing a famine.


What organism caused the Irish patato blight?

The Irish potato blight, also known as the Great Famine, was caused by a water mold known as Phytophthora infestans. This pathogen spreads rapidly in wet conditions, leading to the widespread destruction of potato crops in Ireland in the mid-19th century.


The destruction of the Irish potato crop in the mid-1800s was caused by a?

blight


What was the real name of the Irish famine potato blight?

Phytophthora infestans


What started the grate Irish potato famine?

The potato blight and the British abandoned Ireland and let everyone to die