In the mid-19th century, a microscopic invader swept across Ireland, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. The potato blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans, triggered ...

Scotland's History Land and Votes Potato blight ruins Scottish crops The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...

What is the historic and current/potential impact of Late blight Late blight was responsible, in large part, for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840's, which resulted in the death and mass emigration ...

This repository hosts a TensorFlow-based solution to identify and classify blight in potato plants. Leveraging cutting-edge deep learning techniques, this project aims to assist farmers and ...

Take some time to remove all the tubers, not matter how tiny, or they'll grow next year and disrupt that year's crops. Potato blight or 'late blight' is a devastating fungus disease that spreads ...

As spring approaches, farmers across the state prepare for potato season — the planting process begins after the last hard ...

However, the famine worsened when the potato harvest failed again in 1846 due to the potato blight. The British government did try and help a little. In 1846, Prime Minister Robert Peel ordered £ ...