potato blight

collocation in English

meaningsofpotatoandblight

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potato
noun[C or U]
uk
/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/us
/pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊ/
a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which ...
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blight
noun
uk
/blaɪt/us
/blaɪt/
a disease that damages and ...
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(Definition ofpotatoandblightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Potatoblightcontrol - is a sustainable approach a realistic option?
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Cavan to be affected by thepotatoblightin the autumn of 1845.
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It is therefore definitely not a new crop, but it had disappeared because ofpotatoblight.
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He selected the potato as a medium of research, and discovered in 1908 the genetic resistance ofpotatoblight.
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By 1845 when thepotatoblightbegan, he had served for twenty years as war secretary and as foreign secretary for more than a decade.
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Animals will be used for experiments in connection withpotatoblight.
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Outbreaks ofpotatoblightwere reported in several areas.
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Potatoblighthas appeared in most districts, but on the whole the incidence of the disease is not abnormal.
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It has been going down steadily, until now it is half what it was in 1840 when thepotatoblightoccurred.
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Then the weary potato gave way under this burden—because for all practical purposes it was a one-crop country; there was apotatoblight, followed by famine, disease, and emigration.
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Whenpotatoblightstruck in 1847-48, the hardships were too much for many who felt the need to find greener pastures elsewhere.
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Potatoblightnever spreads because the soil is clean and free of spores each spring.
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Unfortunately from 1845potatoblightaffected the activity and then completely stopped it.
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Whenpotatoblighthit the island in 1845, much of the rural population was left without food.
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The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known aspotatoblight.
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In 1968 apotatoblightof nematodes ended large scale potato production in this area.
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Whenpotatoblighthit the island in 1846, much of the rural population was left without food, because cash crops were being exported to pay rents.
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Whenpotatoblighthit the island in 1846, much of the rural population was left without food because cash crops were being exported to pay rents.
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