Potato blight
microorganism that causes late blight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Potato blight is a type of fungal disease. One well known example of potato blight was the disease which caused the Irish potato famine of 1845 to 1852, and the 1846 Highland potato famines.
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Potato blight | |
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Symptom of late blight on the underside of a potato leaf | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Peronosporales |
Family: | Peronosporaceae |
Genus: | Phytophthora |
Species: | P. infestans |
Binomial name | |
Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary | |
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The disease caused lots of famine. It was caused by an oomycete Phytophthora infestans. The oomycetes or water moulds are similar to fungi, but they are in a different Kingdom.