Researchers say modern late blight worse than historic version

Researchers say modern late blight worse than historic version, Ontario Farmer, July 22, 2013. Late blight has received a lot of publicity over the years as the fungal pathogen that caused the devastating Irish potato famine in the 1840s. But researchers at North Carolina State University say the current version of the pathogen is even more potent than it was 170 years ago. Jean Ristaino, plant pathology, featured.