Reconstructing historic and modern potato late blight outbreaks using text analytics
Abstract In 1843, a hitherto unknown plant pathogen entered the US and spread to potato fields in the northeast. By 1845, the pathogen had reached Ireland leading to devastating famine. Questions arose immediately about the source of the outbreaks and how the disease should be managed. The pathogen,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-02-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52870-2 |