Mexico Confirmed as Origin of Late Blight

Randall Weiseman June 9, 2014 Florida, Fruits, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Mexico has been confirmed as the origin of the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish Potato Famine, and today costs Florida tomato farmers millions each year.

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