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(DUBLIN, AP)The fungus blamed for the Irish Potato Famine was not the culprit after all.
（美聯社都柏林電）被認為造成愛爾蘭馬鈴薯荒的那種真菌，其實并不是罪魁禍首。
During the 1840s,blight raced through Ireland's potato crop, lleading to a famine that killed at least 1 million people.
19世紀40年代時，枯萎病迅速蔓延愛爾蘭的馬鈴薯作物，因而引發一場糧荒，至少有一百萬人餓死。
The answer to the question of what caused the blight could help scientists fend off similar epidemics in the future.
如果可以找出造成作物枯萎的原因，將有助于科學家預防未來發生類似的傳染病。
