[DOC] [TLE] Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, 
and .... Many of these landlords lived in England and were known as absentee 
landlords. ... elsewhere; an estimated 6,000,000 was remitted out of Ireland in 
1842. ..... It established the widespread view that the treatment of the famine by 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Monoculture and the Irish Potato Famine: cases of missing genetic ... [PAR] Lack of genetic variation in Irish potatoes contributed to the severity of the Irish 
potato ... theory tells us that relying on crops with low genetic variation can lead to 
disaster. ... died of starvation in three years during the Irish potato famine of the 
1840s. ... The widespread planting of a single corn variety contributed to the loss 
of... [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, 
... In the mid 1840's, Bishop Loras of Dubuque, Iowa, visited Ireland. ... On one of 
these coffin ships, of the 348 passengers, 117 died at sea; on another, going to ... 
the cottiers and labourers - most of all, the cottier class being almost wiped out. [DOC] [TLE] The Irish Famine: Potato Blight - Wesley Johnston [PAR] How Potato Blight in Ireland contributed to the Great Famine 1844 to 1849. ... had 
come in Autumn (Fall) 1846, almost the entire crop had been wiped out. ... is the 
1841 and 1851 censuses, but the accuracy of these has been questioned. ... after 
the famine, scientists discovered that the blight was, in fact, caused by a fungus,... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: The Irish Famine [PAR] Feb 17, 2011 ... But in the Irish famine of the late 1840s, successive blasts of potato blight - or to 
give it its proper name, the fungus Phytophthora infestans - robbed more than 
one-third of ... almost three times as much grain and meal came in as went out. .... 
There was a very widespread belief among members of the British... [DOC] [TLE] Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato [PAR] May 21, 2013 ... Subscribe (Top Menu) .... The exact strain involved in the 1840s famine has now 
been ... was poorly understood, and most believed it was caused by a fungus. ... 
the old dried-out potato leaves, originally collected from from Ireland, .... the 
particular variety, the pathogen might have been wiped out long ago. [DOC] [TLE] After 168 Years, Potato Famine Mystery Solved - History in the ... [PAR] May 21, 2013 ... ireland, irish famine, famine ... that caused the widespread devastation of potato 
crops in Ireland and northern Europe beginning in 1845. [DOC] [TLE] Great Famine | Irish history | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 28, 2016 ... Famine that occurred in Ireland in 184549 when the potato crop failed in 
successive years. ... By the early 1840s almost half the Irish populationbut 
primarily the rural ... A heavy reliance on just one or two high-yielding types of 
potato ... the landlords soon ran out of funds with which to support them, and... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Famine: The Emergence of Mysterious Pathogen [PAR] successful due to the worldwide spread of the A2 mating type leading to sexual ... 
potato crop in Ireland was wiped out, resulting in widespread hunger (Hudler 
1998). ... 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 ... factors 
as these sped up population decline and worsened the effects of crop failure and
... [DOC] [TLE] The European subsistence crisis of 1845-1850: a comparative ... [PAR] Famine and '1848'  stand out. Poor harvests and political unrest were 
widespread across ... fungus, phytophthera infestans, which first struck Europe in 
mid-1845, ... Outside Ireland the 1840s are primarily associated with '1848', the '
Year of ..... These differences help explain why the impact of the potato blight and 
the... [DOC] [TLE] TOMATO - UF/IFAS Extension Polk County

Question: In the 1840s a type of fungus wiped out these in Ireland, leading to widespread famine
Answer: Potatoes