Little is known about how effectors from filamentous eukaryotic plant pathogens manipulate host defences. Recently, Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a has been shown to target and stabilize ...

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. An international team of scientists ...

Researchers have finally identified the specific pathogen responsible for the blight behind the Irish Potato Famine by sequencing its genome. It's the first ancient plant genome to be successfully ...

Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary caused the 19th century Irish Potato Famine. We assessed the genealogical history of P. infestans using sequences from portions of two nuclear genes (β-tubulin ...

The resistance in potato cultivars against late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is classified into vertical and horizontal. Several metabolites associated with resistance have been detected: ...

A new study challenges the common theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration history ...

No cheese, but there’s extra stuffing in a potato pathogen’s genome. A supersized, unusual arrangement of DNA could help explain why the microbe that caused the Irish potato famine continues to ...

The unique strain of potato blight which triggered the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century has been identified by scientists. The plant pathogen dubbed HERB-1 has been identified from potato ...

Phytophthora infestans changed the course of history. Even today, the Irish population has still not recovered to pre-famine levels. “We have finally discovered the identity of the exact strain that ...