J. Ristaino

Centuries of Potato Late Blight: Tracking Global Epidemics and Managing Future Outbreaks.

Phytophthora infestans killed the potato crop in Ireland in 1845, leading to widespread famine and the death of more than one million people. Historic herbarium specimens from the famine era were used to understand the pathogen's biology and track its global spread, providing a valuable resource for research. Historic...