There were other variables that I am still finding out.
Granted it "seems" possible that they might have speculated
about plant diseases considering what Nobel prizes were
awarded and when BUT I do not think so.
There was a particularly good year the previous year and
many potatoes were left in the field. If you know that the
potato is a member of the nightshade family and that the
whole plant will turn poisonous with age. By leaving them
in the fields to decompose they could have set themselves
up with bad soil, then when the weather turned foul the next
year the scene had already been set for fungus. Unless the
English also controlled the weather in 1845...
I am not disparaging what happened and how it was handled.
I am attempting to say that by plowing those GM crops under
that some organic farmers may be setting themselves up for
the same situation.
Fungus attacks potties, wheat, grapes, and many other plants as well.
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_773000/773005.stm
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