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CommonConfusables t1_is0rs9h wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Antibiotic found in potato disease thwarts fungal infections by Sariel007

Potatoes are actually from South America.

The Irish don’t love them - they were forced into using it in their lifestyle due to mistreatment by those in power.

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Pilot_Seascape_402 t1_is3s1ws wrote

So what was the disease that attacked the potatoes in Ireland, causing the famine?

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CommonConfusables t1_is5y2bl wrote

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

A fungus and land mismanagement, among other things lightly outlined in the article above.

A dependence on the single crop of potato was a result of British land owners limiting crops to a single one that grew well, followed by a fungal infection from the conditions. Potatoes aren’t native to Ireland, so there will be diseases it encounters there that it wouldn’t in SA.

Single crop growing is not a good idea for anyone. The dust bowl is bound to happen again as long as we continue to till up land for one plant in one spot instead of interspecies growing.

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