[DOC] [TLE] The History Place - Irish Potato Famine: The Blight Begins [PAR] The Famine began quite mysteriously in September 1845 as leaves on potato 
plants ... The cause was actually an airborne fungus (phytophthora infestans) ... 
The potatoes had been attacked by the same fungus that had destroyed the plant 
... the Commission issued a gloomy report that over half of Ireland's potato crop... [DOC] [TLE] Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, 
and ... The proximate cause of famine was Phytophthora infestans, a potato 
disease .... In 1845, 24% of all Irish tenant farms were of 0.42 hectares (15 
acres) in .... States, where in 1843 and 1844 blight largely destroyed the potato 
crops. [DOC] [TLE] Phytophthora infestans, cause of late blight of potato and the Irish ... [PAR] Irish mother with children, planting potatoes, London Illustrated News, 1849 ... 
Day is Phytophthora infestans, cause of the Irish potato famine from 1845 to 
about 1860. ... Check out my Introduction to the Kingdom Fungi for a list of 
characteristics of the .... When a pathogen gets into the fields it can destroy the 
crop much more... [DOC] [TLE] THE POTATO BLIGHT | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum [PAR] Famine Folios  Support  Levels of Giving. THE POTATO BLIGHT. Phytophthora 
infestans, the fungus that invades the potato plant and causes ... By August of 
1845 the blight was recorded at the Dublin Botanical Gardens, ... number of 
months, in 1846 the destruction of the potato crop was as rapid as it was 
comprehensive. [DOC] [TLE] The Irish Potato Famine Fungus, Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de ... [PAR] May 17, 1999 ... The Irish Potato Famine Fungus, Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de ... in 1848 a 
third of the potato crop was destroyed by blight, losses at the ... saying it was 
caused by a fungus (Dowley 1997). ... 1845 and again in 1846. [DOC] [TLE] The Irish Famine: Potato Blight - Wesley Johnston [PAR] How Potato Blight in Ireland contributed to the Great Famine 1844 to 1849. ... In 
the harvest of 1845, between one-third and half of the potato crop was destroyed 
by ... famine, scientists discovered that the blight was, in fact, caused by a fungus, 
... after the famine, that scientists discovered a cure for Phytophthora Infestans: a
... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: The Irish Famine [PAR] Feb 17, 2011 ... Phototgraph showing potato blight - phytophthora infestans ... some two million 
emigrated in a period of a little more than a decade (1845-55). ... the fungus 
Phytophthora infestans - robbed more than one-third of the population of ... In 
1846 and successive years blight destroyed the crop that had previously... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Famine in Ireland, 1845-1849 - English Grammar Online [PAR] The Great Famine in Ireland, 1845-1849 :: Learn English online - free exercises, 
... The potato crop of 1845 was destroyed by a fungus, Phytophthora infestans, ... 
port only after losing a third of their passengers to disease, hunger and other 
causes. ... During the winter of 1845-1846 Peel's government spent 100,000 on
... [DOC] [TLE] The Origin of Plant Pathology, Potato Famine, Downy Mildew of ... [PAR] The recognition that a fungus growing on a dead plant was the actual cause ... 
There have been numerous occasions when plant diseases of crop plants had 
major impacts on people. ... in Ireland, in 1846, and the Downy Mildew of Grapes 
that almost caused ... Phytophthora infestans and the 1845 Potato Famine in 
Ireland. [DOC] [TLE] The Irish Potato Famine 1846-1850 - DoChara [PAR] Sep 17, 2008 ... The disaster began in earnest in 1845 when the potato crop was destroyed by 
infestation with the fungal disease Phytophthora Infestans, better... [DOC] [TLE] Irish Potato Famine (18451849) - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] In the colonial context of Ireland's domination by Britain, the root cause of the 
famine ... In the case of the 18461849 Irish Famine, the response of

Question: In 1845 & 1846 the Phytophthora infestans fungus destroyed this crop in Ireland, causing a famine
Answer: potatoes