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a tuber piece acts as a seed for the next generation of potato plants

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kp/mw

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there was a specific amount of land set aside for the potatoes to grow

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potatoes normally grew well on the land and typically gave families plenty of food to last for the year while being able to stay on their land

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Because of the radical change in their environment in such a short period of time made the potatoes more susceptible to pathogens.

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The famine would not have lasted as long as it did if the potatoes were not replicas of the parent plant. This would allow for some of the new plants to still be viable.

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they allowed for limited diversity of crops for food, leading to starvation and disease across the whole field

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They continued to collect wheat and other food for rent and exported them from Ireland.

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cloudy skies

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For this scenario the disease of potatoes was due to an oomycete (a fungus-like organism). DeBary called it, Phytophthora infestans, meaning “Plant Destroyer”.

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the potato

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cool weather

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rain