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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Main Authors: Ariel Saffer, Laura Tateosian, Amanda C. Saville, Yi-Peng Yang, Jean B. Ristaino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52870-2