The rise and fall of the Phytophthora infestans lineage that triggered the Irish potato famine

The rise and fall of the Phytophthora infestans lineage that triggered the Irish potato famine

Phytophthora infestans, the cause of potato late blight, is infamous for having triggered the Irish Great Famine in the 1840s. Until the late 1970s, P. infestans diversity outside of its Mexican center of origin was low, and one scenario held that a single strain, US-1, had dominated the global popu...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Yoshida, Verena J Schuenemann, Liliana M Cano, Marina Pais, Bagdevi Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Chirsta Lanz, Frank N Martin, Sophien Kamoun, Johannes Krause, Marco Thines, Detlef Weigel, Hernán A Burbano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2013-05-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Phytophthora infestans
Solanum tuberosum
Herbarium
ancient DNA
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/00731

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/00731

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