MICR 3220 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
15 Jan 2019
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Friday september 7 t h 2018 lecture one: we study plant microbes because many of these organisms are beneficial to plants and permit them to grow under conditions that they would not normally grow under. Some plant microbes are harmful to plants (can cause disease) and can have negative economic impacts. Plan t dise ase s: historical examples (occasional exam question, know: irish potato famine, great bengal famine): Late blight of potato: important to note because it caused many historical impacts, and this disease started the study of plant pathology. This disease is associated with the irish potato famine (1845-1846). Potatoes were a crop introduced to europe from south america, and they and become increasingly more important food source for rural food sources (especially peasants). By 1846, the poor in ireland depended on potatoes for their food source. Before the potato famine occurred, ireland had about 8 million people in it, currently the population in.
