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    This document outlines the four phases in the history of plant pathology: 1) The ancient period began with Theophrastus in 300-286 BC who studied and wrote about plant diseases in a speculative rather than experimental manner. 2) The dark period lasted from 300AD to 1300AD with little advancement in knowledge. 3) The renaissance/pre-modern period from the 17th century to mid-19th century saw key discoveries like Anton van Leeuwenhoek inventing the compound microscope and observing bacteria, and Pier Antonio Micheli conducting fungal spore studies. 4) The modern period from 1800-1900 established pathogens as the cause of diseases through the work of Anton de

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    This document outlines the four phases in the history of plant pathology: 1) The ancient period began with Theophrastus in 300-286 BC who studied and wrote about plant diseases in a speculative rather than experimental manner. 2) The dark period lasted from 300AD to 1300AD with little advancement in knowledge. 3) The renaissance/pre-modern period from the 17th century to mid-19th century saw key discoveries like Anton van Leeuwenhoek inventing the compound microscope and observing bacteria, and Pier Antonio Micheli conducting fungal spore studies. 4) The modern period from 1800-1900 established pathogens as the cause of diseases through the work of Anton de

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    History of Plant

    Pathology

    Submitted By:-

    Shafaque Waheed

    Submitted To:-

    Dr.Alok Mishra
    1
    History of Plant Pathology

    Four Phases

    1. Ancient period
    2. Dark period
    3. Renaissance period
    4. Modern period
    Ancient Period
    Theophrastus (300-286 B.C.)

    Study and write about the diseases of


    trees, cereals and legumes in his book
    enquiry into plants

    His approach was observational and


    speculative rather than experimental.

    Theory of spontaneous
    generation
    Father of botany
    DARK PERIOD

    300AD and 1300AD


    Also called pre-renaissance period in
    history
    no increase in the knowledge of plant
    pathology
    PRE-MODERN/ RENAISSANCE PERIOD/AUTOGENIC ERA (17th mid 19th)

    1675 A. D.-Anton van Leeuwenhoek


    (Holland)

    Invented compound microscope in 1675

    In 1683 he described bacteria seen with this


    microscope
    1729 A. D.-Pier Antonio Micheli (Italian)

    Observed fungal spores for the first time and


    conducted many spore germination studies in
    1729
    He published a book Nova Plantarum
    Genera in which he gave descriptions about
    1900 species in Latin out of which 900 were Father of
    fungi. Mycology.
    3) 1755 A. D.-Tillet (French)

    Published a paper on bunt or


    stinking smut of wheat
    He reported the chemical
    treatment of seeds
    MODERN PERIOD/ GOLDEN ERA/PATHOGENIC ERA (1800 1900)

    IRIS FAMINE

    In 1845, the potato crop in Ireland


    was completely wiped out by late
    blight disease

    caused great famine in 1846.

    This resulted in the death of


    hundreds of thousands of people

    immigration of more than one and a


    half million Irish to United States.
    4) 1853 A. D.-Anton De Bary
    (Germany)
    established that fungi are the causes, not
    result of plant diseases
    renamed the casual organism of late blight
    as Phytophthora infestans.
    He discovered heteroecious nature of
    father mode
    rust fungi
    Mycology
    Detailed life cycles of downy mildew
    He wrote a book named Morphology
    and Physiology of fungi, lichens and
    Myxomycetes (1866).
    8) 1879 A. D.- Robert Koch
    Established the germ theory

    Germ theory
    diseases are caused by the presence and
    actions of specific micro-organisms

    that microorganisms are the cause of


    many diseases.
    8) 1889 A. D. Beijerinck
    (Dutch)
    proved that the virus is not a
    living microorganism.

    Founder of virology

    N.A. Cobb
    Contributed a lot to
    nematode morphology,
    taxonomy and methodology

    Founder of nematology
    Paul Neergaard

    Father of seed pathology


    Thank
    You

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