'Whodunnit' of Irish potato famine solved

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 00:30 in Astronomy & Space

An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century.

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