Comments on: Fungus Behind the Irish Potato Famine Strikes the U.S. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:44:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Stein http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-41268 David Stein Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-41268 A high tunnel which would increase the temperatures and reduce water standing on the plants could also help since fungi like water. A high tunnel which would increase the temperatures and reduce water standing on the plants could also help since fungi like water.

]]> By: Peter R. Limburg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-38901 Peter R. Limburg Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:35:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-38901 I am sorry to see that jhno subscribes to conspiracy theories and dislikes such niceties as capitalization and the use of commas vs. smi-colons and periods. More to the point, my own tomato plants show signs of the blight, but I am hopeful that repeated spraying with fungicides will carry them through the season. I am sorry to see that jhno subscribes to conspiracy theories and dislikes such niceties as capitalization and the use of commas vs. smi-colons and periods. More to the point, my own tomato plants show signs of the blight, but I am hopeful that repeated spraying with fungicides will carry them through the season.

]]> By: I love Turtles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-38867 I love Turtles Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:43:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-38867 Capitalize please! That post reads as one incredibly long sentence and therefore's also difficult to comprehend on the first reading much as this demonstration sentence is turning out to be... Capitalize please! That post reads as one incredibly long sentence and therefore’s also difficult to comprehend on the first reading much as this demonstration sentence is turning out to be…

]]> By: jhno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-38842 jhno Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:58:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-38842 this is the kind of thing that happens when you trust your u.s. govt and f.d.a and licence farmers and indusstry to produce genetically modified organisms and crops. BLIGHT! the famine came about in ireland because the crops that were flourishing were exported to britain thus leaving nothing but a failed potato which peasants had to eat , they had nothing else. some lived on berries , some knew not the difference between poison berries and edible fruit. we have to remember that its a very delicate system of growth and migration and evolution in nature, from the advent of intensive farming we destroyed what we have got. we havent come very far today despite claims otherwise by industry controlled govt that soon there will be enough food for everyone. alas there will be nothing to eat. this is the kind of thing that happens when you trust your u.s. govt and f.d.a and licence farmers and indusstry to produce genetically modified organisms and crops. BLIGHT! the famine came about in ireland because the crops that were flourishing were exported to britain
thus leaving nothing but a failed potato which peasants had to eat , they had nothing else. some lived on berries , some knew not the difference between poison berries and edible fruit.
we have to remember that its a very delicate system of growth and migration and evolution in nature, from the advent of intensive farming we destroyed what we have got. we havent come very far today despite claims otherwise by industry controlled govt that soon there will be enough food for everyone. alas there will be nothing to eat.

]]> By: roger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-38838 roger Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-38838 Nick, the Legend tomato is not available to the general public because the patent has not yet been perfected. So said the secretary for Jim Myers (developer of the Legend) at approx. 4:45 p.m. July 14 (at Oregon State University in Corvallis OR). The Legend is resistant, but not impervious to the potato blight. The fruit ripens earlier than others, while the blight attacks toward the end of the season. Nick, the Legend tomato is not available to the general public because the patent has not yet been perfected. So said the secretary for Jim Myers (developer of the Legend) at approx. 4:45 p.m. July 14 (at Oregon State University in Corvallis OR).

The Legend is resistant, but not impervious to the potato blight. The fruit ripens earlier than others, while the blight attacks toward the end of the season.

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-38766 Nick Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:46:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/13/fungus-behind-the-irish-potato-famine-strikes-the-us/#comment-38766 Or, just grow heirloom tomatoes that are resistant to the fungus, such as Legend. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=312&storyType=garden Or, just grow heirloom tomatoes that are resistant to the fungus, such as Legend. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=312&storyType=garden

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