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  2. Phytophthora infestans - Wikipedia

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    The genus name Phytophthora comes from the Greek φυτό (phyto), meaning "plant" – plus the Greek φθορά (phthora), meaning "decay, ruin, perish".The species name infestans is the present participle of the Latin verb infestare, meaning "attacking, destroying", from which the word "to infest" is derived.

  3. Oxypolis rigidior - Wikipedia

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    Oxypolis rigidior, known as cowbane, common water dropwort, [1] stiff cowbane, [2] pig-potato, [3] and Cherokee swamp potato, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family native to eastern North America. It is a perennial wildflower found in wet habitats.

  4. Solanum jamesii - Wikipedia

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    Solanum jamesii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. jamesii Binomial name Solanum jamesii Torr. Tubers of Solanum jamesii (with red bean for scale) Solanum jamesii (common names: wild potato or Four Corners potato) is a species of nightshade. Its range ...

  5. Pusztai affair - Wikipedia

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    The Pusztai affair is a controversy that began in 1998. The protein scientist Árpád Pusztai went public with the initial results of unpublished research he was conducting at the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, investigating the possible effects of genetically modified potatoes upon rats.

  6. Solanum - Wikipedia

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    Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae , comprising around 1,500 species.

  7. Dioscorea bulbifera - Wikipedia

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    Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, [2] aerial yam, [3] and parsnip yam [4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. [ 1 ]

  8. Kodoku - Wikipedia

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    Kodoku (蠱毒, 'curse poison'), also called kodō (蠱道, 'curse method'), kojutsu (蠱術, 'curse technique'), and fuko (巫蠱, 'sorcery curse') is a type of poisonous magic found in Japanese folklore. It is the Japanese derivative of the Chinese gu magic. It is said to have been widely used in ancient China.

  9. Brotato - Wikipedia

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    The Nintendo Switch version was released on August 3, 2023. [4] Versions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S were released on January 30, 2024, and became available via Xbox Game Pass at launch. [6] The game's first DLC titled "Abyssal Terrors" and an update which added local co-op gameplay were released in October ...