The early days of late blight
Large-scale DNA sequencing of samples of foliage collected in the 19th century from plants infected with late blight has shown that the potato famines of the 1840s were triggered by a single clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans, called HERB-1, which persisted for at least 50 years.
| Published in: | eLife |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2013-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/00954 |