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Tag Archives: potato blight
Australian crops with or without genetic modification
Steve Marsh is a Western Australian farmer who sued his neighbour Michael Baxter for ‘reckless’ harvesting of GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) canola (oilseed rape, rapeseed, Brassica napus). Some GM canola seeds ended up on Mr Marsh’s land. Mr Marsh … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, money and trade
Tagged arthropod, Asia, biotechnology, brassica, Bt crop, canola, cotton, crop, disease, escaping transgene, farmer, fire, foot and mouth disease, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, insect, insecticide, law, Marsh_Steve, Monsanto, oilseed, organic, pest, plant_dicot, potato blight, rapeseed, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, weed
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Starving to death: the “luck” of the Irish
Originally posted on Auburn Meadow Farm:
“The Almighty, indeed, sent the potato blight, but the English created the Famine.” — Irish national activist, solicitor & political journalist, John Mitchel _________________________________________________________________________ My family came to America from Ireland in the early 1900’s…
Posted in food, horticulture
Tagged America, crop, crop variety, disease, Europe, food, food security, fungus, history, human, mould, Phytophthora infestans, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato blight, potato Lumper, poverty, staple food, vegetable, vegetable variety
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Rhododendron ponticum – much more than just an invasive weed
Posted in ecology, horticulture
Tagged alien species, arboriculture, biodiversity, biological control, Chondrostereum purpureum, conservation, disease, ecosystem, fungus, herbicide, history, invasive species, mould, mycoherbicide, pathogen, pesticide, Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora kernoviae, Phytophthora ramorum, plant_dicot, potato blight, research, shrub, sudden oak death, tree, weed
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Crop of the month: Potato
The Moon was full last night so let’s celebrate harvest. You can see other posts in this series by following my ‘harvest’ tag. This month, instead of the start of a crop’s harvest, I’ll write about one that’s recently ended. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, disease, Europe, farm, finance, food security, garden, harvest, history, late blight, map, mould, pH, Phytophthora infestans, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato blight, potato scab, poverty, rain, soil, staple food, sunlight, tomato, vegetable, vegetable variety, war, wind
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