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DISEASES OF THE POTATO, C1920.
OXFORD SCIENCE ARCHIVE
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Diseases of the potato, c1920. In the centre is Potato Blight (Phytophtera infestans) a fungal infection spread by aphids, which destroyed crops in Ireland, causing a devastating famine in the 19th century. From a French encyclopaedia of agriculture. (Paris, c1920). (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/Oxford Science Archive)
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