Fundamentals Of Plant Pathology

1. PIONEERS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
IN THE WORLD AND INDIA
COURSE TEACHER
Dr. PARTHASARATHY S
Asst. Professor (Plant Pathology)
STUDENTS
ALAGU ARAVIND.M
GOWTHAM.M
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
(Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-3)
Kullapuram (Po),ViaVaigai Dam, Theni-625 562

2. FATHER OF PLANT PATHOLOGY IN
WORLD
• Heinrich Anton De Bary (1831-1888) - The father of
Plant Pathology.
• In 1853, He established that rust and smuts are causes
not the result of disease, studied development many
smut and rust.
• He studied about blight and of potato and downy
mildew diseases.
• In 1861, Finally proved the causes of blight as
Phytophthora infestans by inoculating potato with
sporangia.

3.  In 1865, Reported Heteroecism in Uradinales.
 In 1866, He published his Text book-
Morphology and Physiology of Fungi, Lichens
and Myxomycetes.
 He First coined the term Mycetozoa to include
lower and slime molds.

4. • He also coined the term Teleutospores as the final
spore form in the life cycle of macrocyclic rusts.
• In 1886 – Published Physiology of parasitism –
Sclerotina: Rotting of vegetables.
• He laid the foundation of modern experimental
pathology.

5. • He is aptly regarded as the Father of Modern Plant
Pathology and Father of Experimental Plant
Pathology.
• He trained M.S. Woroin of Russia, O.Brefeld of
Germany, P.M.A.Millardet of France, H.M.Ward of
England, W.G.Fallow of USA and Fischer of
Switzerland.

6. HEINRICH ANTON DE BARY

7. FATHER OF PLANT PATHOLOGY IN INDIA
• Edwin John Butler – (1874-1943) Father of plant
pathology in India.
• In 1901- He started systemaized and regular plant
pathological research.
• In 1901-1920: He initiated an exhaustive study on
Indian fungi and the diseases caused by them at IARI
at Pusa, Bihar.

8. • He is called as “Father of Indian Mycology”.
• In (1920-35) - First director of the Imperial Bureau of
Mycology in England.
• In 1918-His first and most classical book in the field
of plant pathology of India viz., Fungi and Diseases
in plants.

9. • In 1924 - He published a Monograph on Pythiaceous
and allied fungi and Bud rot of coconut and other
palms.
• In 1925- He also published a monograph on
Meteorological conditions and plant diseases and The
wilt diseases of cotton and sesamum in 1926.

10. • He Discovered the genus Allomyces.
• He reported bangle blight of potato, which is
considered to be the first record of bacterial diseases
from India.

11. EDWIN JOHN BUTLER

12. REFERENCES
 Agrios GN, 2005. Plantpathology- (5th Edition).
Academic press, Newyork.
Alice D, Jeyalakshmi C and Sethuraman K, 2007.
Hand book on introductory plant pathology. A.E
Publicatons, Coimbatore. (Page no:7-9).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_de_bary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_John_Butler.

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