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potato blight

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potato
noun[C or U]
uk /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ us /pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ/
a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which ...
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blight
noun
uk /blaɪt/ us /blaɪt/
a disease that damages and ...
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Examples of potato blight


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Potatoblight control - is a sustainable approach a realistic option?
Cavan to be affected by the potatoblight in the autumn of 1845.
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It is therefore definitely not a new crop, but it had disappeared because of potatoblight.
He selected the potato as a medium of research, and discovered in 1908 the genetic resistance of potatoblight.
By 1845 when the potatoblight began, he had served for twenty years as war secretary and as foreign secretary for more than a decade.
Animals will be used for experiments in connection with potatoblight.
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Outbreaks of potatoblight were reported in several areas.
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Potatoblight has appeared in most districts, but on the whole the incidence of the disease is not abnormal.
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It has been going down steadily, until now it is half what it was in 1840 when the potatoblight occurred.
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Then the weary potato gave way under this burden—because for all practical purposes it was a one-crop country; there was a potatoblight, followed by famine, disease, and emigration.
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When potatoblight struck in 1847-48, the hardships were too much for many who felt the need to find greener pastures elsewhere.
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Potatoblight never spreads because the soil is clean and free of spores each spring.
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Unfortunately from 1845 potatoblight affected the activity and then completely stopped it.
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When potatoblight hit the island in 1845, much of the rural population was left without food.
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The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potatoblight.
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In 1968 a potatoblight of nematodes ended large scale potato production in this area.
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When potatoblight hit the island in 1846, much of the rural population was left without food, because cash crops were being exported to pay rents.
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When potatoblight hit the island in 1846, much of the rural population was left without food because cash crops were being exported to pay rents.
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