Learn about a recent study that asserts the Andes Mountains in South America as the birthplace of a pathogen that has caused ...
Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated thousands ...
North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where ...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...
infestans spread from South America to North America before wreaking havoc in Ireland in the 1840s. The pathogen still causes ...
A separate trial sought to understand the impact of using biostimulants as a way to strengthen potato plants to better withstand late blight. This trial used Sirius, a silicon-based biostimulant ...
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