Irish potato famine fungus

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• Irish Potato Famine — (1845–49) Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment. A reliance… …   Universalium

• Irish immigration to Puerto Rico — In the 19th century, there was considerable Irish immigration to Puerto Rico, for a number of reasons. Among which were the following: the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s which killed millions of Irishmen and the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815… …   Wikipedia

• Potato — Irish potato redirects here. For the confectionery, see Irish potato candy. For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). Potato …   Wikipedia

• Irish Famine — (1845–1850)    A disaster for Ireland when disease destroyed the potato crop in 1845–1849. A fungus rotted potatoes in other parts of Europe, too, but the blight affected Ireland most severely because potatoes were the staple food for… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Great Famine (Ireland) — The Great Famine ( ga. An Gorta Mór [The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Gorta+Mo%CC%81r%22 =Search qt=results page this search on WorldCat] ] or ga. An… …   Wikipedia

• Solanales — ▪ plant order Introduction   potato order of flowering plants, including 5 families with 165 genera and more than 4,000 species. Two of the families are large and contain some of the most highly cultivated plants: Solanaceae (nightshades… …   Universalium

• Crop diversity — is the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture. Crops may vary in seed size, branching pattern, in height, flower color, fruiting time, or flavor. They may also vary in less obvious characteristics such as …   Wikipedia

• Aphid — This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Aphid (disambiguation). Aphids Temporal range: Permian–Present …   Wikipedia

• Oomycete — Water moulds The reproductive structures of Phytophthora infestans Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Biodiversity and food — Biodiversity provides high variety of food: crops, livestock, forestry, and fish, which are important food source of human species. A wide range of species provides many thousands of food products, such as, fruits,Vegetables,nuts,meat,and food… …   Wikipedia

• Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 — The Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 is a legal order approved by the Spanish Crown in the early half of the 19th Century to encourage Spaniards and later Europeans of non Spanish origin to settle and populate the colonies of Cuba and Puerto… …   Wikipedia