New research to tackle £3 billion potato problem

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Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Dundee are to lead a £3.5million project investigating how microbes are able to cause the notorious crop disease late blight – responsible for the Irish potato famine and still wreaking havoc around the world.

: 23 Apr 2009 12:02 |  Tags: Agriculture Biology Research |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem