potato blight
a devastating disease of potatoes produced by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans and the cause of the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century
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How to use potato blight in a sentence
Out in the vegetable area there were first cutworms and then drought and potato blight to be contended with.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThis is what happened not long since to the potato crop and potato prices, when potatoes were affected by the potato blight.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneHer opinion was, that the potato blight was caused by the lightning, because the turf burnt so sulphurously.
Rambles in an Old City | S. S. MaddersBotany and chemistry being powerless to stay the effects of the potato-blight, the appeal was next to economics.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonThe forecast of Malthus was repeated in his own way by Cobbett, although neither of them foresaw the potato-blight as the means.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
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