In the mid-19th century, a microscopic invader swept across Ireland, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. The potato blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans, triggered ...

The devastating Irish potato famine triggered an "arms race" between plants and pathogens, reveals new research. A ground-breaking examination of the genetic material found in historic potato leaves ...

Although scientists have known that a funguslike organism caused the potato blight that triggered the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, they... An international group of plant pathologists has ...

Researchers from the U.S., Indonesia and Bangladesh are embracing genetic engineering in hopes of increasing food security. The team is creating a genetically-engineered potato to fight the late ...

A historic potato plant specimen collected by David Moore from the National Botanic Garden in Glasnevin, Ireland showing late-blight disease. In an examination of the genetic material found in ...

Examine the events that led to the Irish famine, setting a crisis into motion in Europe. Examine the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Irish famine to occur, setting a crisis ...

He’s a chip off the old block. A new dad who comes from a long line of cops and firefighters — dating back to the Irish potato famine — was promoted at an FDNY ceremony Friday along with dozens of ...

EJ Antoni is a public finance economist and the Richard F. Aster research fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. If you’ve had to change your buying ...

A unique concept is rooted in the Irish psyche—respectability. Respectability can mean many things, but it meant only one thing among Irish Famine immigrants: financial security. Whether working as a ...