Blight threat to potatoes.THE blight that caused the Irish potato famine 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. is threatening America's northwest crop, a researcher has warned. Plant pathologist Dennis Johnson Persondata NAME Dennis Wayne Johnson ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dennis Johnson SHORT DESCRIPTION NBA basketball player DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH Compton, California DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2007 PLACE OF DEATH Austin, Texas Dennis Wayne Johnson of Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. said cool, wet weather last week increased the risk of the fungus appearing and similar conditions are expected to continue. He said: "Any more rainfall in May will increase the risk. It's a disease that can ruin a grower financially." There was no indication that late blight late blight n. A disease of potato plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans and characterized by decay of the foliage and tubers. had already appeared this year, but it has shown up in Washington every year since 1990. Washington is America's second-biggest potato producer after Idaho, and the crop is worth more than $400 million a year. |
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