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Introduction

The Arrival of the Potato
in Europe

The Potato Plant

The Components
of the Epidemic

The Birth of
Plant Pathology

Protecting Potatoes
from the Blight

Lessons from
the Potato Famine

Selected Readings

The Irish Potato Famine and the Birth of Plant Pathology

from Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact.

Selected Readings

Agrios, G. N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd ed. Academic Press, San Diego.

Carefoot, G. L., and Sprott, E. R. 1967. Famine on the Wind. Rand McNally and Co., Chicago.

Large, E. C. 1940. The Advance of the Fungi. Dover Publications, New York.

Roberts, D. A., and Boothroyd, C. W. 1984. Fundamentals of Plant Pathology, 2nd ed. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York.

Woodham-Smith, C. 1962. The Great Hunger. Harper and Row, New York.

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