Practice mode Plant Pathology

Late blight of potato, which caused the Irish famine, is caused by which organism?

Correct answer B. Phytophthora infestans

Explanation

Phytophthora infestans is an oomycete that destroys potato leaves and tubers in cool, wet weather. Its epidemics in the 1840s led to the Irish potato famine.

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