NCSU STUDY: Irish Potato Famine-Causing Pathogen Even More …
NCSU STUDY: Irish Potato Famine-Causing Pathogen Even More …, Stanly News & Press, July 18, 2013. The plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s lives on today with a different genetic blueprint and an even larger arsenal of weaponry to harm and kill plants. Jean Ristaino, plant pathology, featured.