Television interview on late blight research -

Introduction
WRAL TV Interview

NC State Focus TV Interview

CNN International

Discovery Channel - Canada
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/17/2004

Radio

Listen to a Podcast from the Boston Museum of Science (BMOS)

Listen to an NPR radio interview with Dr. Jean Ristaino and Richard Harris (npr.ram)

Recent Press releases, and news articles

Researcher Identifies Pathogen Strain responsible for the Irish Potato Famine
http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/04_03/109.htm

The Sherlock of Spuds: Smithsonian Magazine http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/dec02/peoplefile.html

National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0505_040505_potatofamine.html

Washington Post

Fungus Forensics Shifts Blame for Blight - Nature News
http://www.nature.com/nsu/010607/010607-9.html

Museum piece:PCR identifies Irish Potato Famine Pathogen. http://www.nature.com/nature/links/010607/010607-2.html

PCR Amplification of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen from Historic Specimens - (Nature.pdf)

DNA Evidence Calls Irish Potato Famine Theory into Question -
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/univ_relations/
news_services/press_releases/01_06/165.htm

Beyond Jurassic Park: Real Science with Ancient DNA http://www.apsnet.org/education/feature/ancientDNA/top.htm

Tracking a fungus: -ABC News Samples from Irish potato blight may shed light on Crop Killer.
htpp://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/Daily News/potatoDNA000321.html

The Famine: Mexico Off the Hook http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,44337,00.html

Irish Potato famine caused by unidentified fungus- USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/
science/biology/2001-06-06-potato-famine.html

Studying the Historic Migrations of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen using Ancient DNA Trends in Plant Science - TrendsinPS.pdf.