News From the Field Scientists Identify Genetic Mechanism That Contributed to Irish Famine
February 6, 2013
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A team of plant pathologists at the University of California, Riverside, studied the pathogen that triggered the Irish Famine of the 19th century by infecting potato plants, and deciphered how it succeeded in crippling the potato plant's immune system.
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Source University of California, Riverside
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