Late Potato Blight Epidemics in Iowa as Correlated with Climatic Conditions

Authors

A. T. Erwin, Iowa Agricultural Experiment StationFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

At least three pronounced outbreaks of the late blight of the potato, Phytophthora infestans, have occurred in Iowa within the past forty-five years. These were in 1885, 1903, and 1915. The northern limits of the region generally designated as the corn-belt seems to represent in a general way the southern limits of this disease under normal climatic conditions. This is indicated by the fact of its frequent occurrence in the region just north of us.

Publication Date

1916

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

583

Last Page

592

Copyright

©1916 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Erwin, A. T. (1916) "Late Potato Blight Epidemics in Iowa as Correlated with Climatic Conditions," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 23(1), 583-592.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol23/iss1/65