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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The Evolution and Migration of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen: Darwin’s Painfully Interesting Subject
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SUMMARY:The Evolution and Migration of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen: Darwin’s Painfully Interesting Subject
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center;"><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="f438e5cb-3b8c-481e-b71f-c87ad6015a42" alt="Photo of Jean Beagle Ristaino" data-view-mode="hwp_medium"></drupal-media></p><p><strong>Jean Beagle Ristaino, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security, North Carolina State University</strong></p><p>The culprit behind the nineteenth-century Irish potato famine was <em>Phytophthora infestans</em>, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the disease known as “potato late blight.” New genetic tools have enabled scientists to piece together the evolution of this pathogen and the history of its outbreaks in Ireland. Jean Ristaino will discuss the latest research on <em>P. infestans</em> and describe Charles Darwin’s early role in the search for durable resistance to this serious plant disease.</p><div>Free parking is available at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St,%20Harvard%20University,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138/@42.3801645,-71.1153057,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e37740a3c56959:0xe17bf20973449411">52 Oxford Street Garage</a>.</div><div>Free and open to the public. </div>
LOCATION:Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford Street
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