FATHERS OF DIFFERENT AGRICULTURE DISCIPLINES
| Father of | Name |
| Agronomy | Pietro Decrescenzi |
| Agro climatology | Koppen |
| Agrometeorology | D. N. Walia |
| Agricultural chemistry | Justus von Liebig |
| Antibiotics | Alexander Fleming |
| ATP cycle | Lipmann |
| Biology | Aristotle |
| Botany | Theophrastus |
| Bacteriology | Leuwenhoek |
| Biochemistry | Justus von Liebig |
| Crop rotation | Norfork (1730) |
| Cytology | Robert Hooke |
| Cytoplasmic inheritance | Carl Correns |
| Cooperative movement in India | F. Nicholson |
| DNA fingerprinting technique | Alec Jeffrey |
| Economic ecology | M.S.Swamina-than |
| Ecology | Reiter |
| Extension education | A. Seaman and Knapp (in US A) and Leagans (in India) |
| Experimental genetics | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| Forest pathology | Robert Haring |
| Fermentation | Louis Pasteur |
| Field plot experiment | J. B. Boussingault |
| Fruit and vegetable preservation | M. Nicholas Apart |
| Genetics | Gregor Johann Mendel |
| Genetic engineering | Paul Berg |
| Green revolution | Dr. N. E. Borlaug |
| Green revolution in India | M.S.Swaminathan |
| Golden revolution in India | Dr. K.C. Chadha |
| Golden rice | Dr. Ingo Potrykus |
| Hybrid rice | Yuan Long Ping |
| Hybrid cotton | C.T. Patel |
| Indian plant pathology | E.J. Butler |
| Indian Rust | Dr. K.C. Mehta |
| Indian Mycology | E.J. Butler |
| Indian Ecology | R. Mishra |
| Indian Plant Breeding | Dr. B.P. Pal |
| Indian Remote Sensing | Dr. P.R. Pishroty |
| Immunology | Edward Jenner |
| Microbiology | A.V. Leuwenhoek |
| Mycology | Pler A. Micheli |
| Medicinal Bacteriology | Robert Koch |
| Modern Genetics | T.H. Morgan |
| Mutation Theory | Hugo de Vries |
| Modern Botany | Linnaeus/Bauchi |
| Modern Cytology | Swanson |
| Nematology | N.A. Cobb |
| Nitrogen Fixation | Winogradsky |
| Ornamental Gardening | M. S. Randhawa |
| Plant Pathology | Anton De Bary |
| Plant Physiology | Stephen Hales |
| Pedology | V.V. Dokuchalev |
| Parasitology | F. Platter |
| Plant Tissue Culture | G. Haberlandt |
| Plant Anatomy | Grew |
| Polygenic Inheritance | Kolreuter |
| Pure Culture Technique | Oscar Brefeld |
| Sociology | Auguste compte |
| Statistics | R.A. Fisher |
| Soil Conservation | H.H. Bennett |
| Soil Science | Dokuchalev |
| Soil Microbiology | S.N. Winogradsky |
| Soil Testing Technique | M.L. Trough |
| Super Rice | Dr. G.H. Khush |
| Taxonomy | Carolus Linnaeus |
| Tillage and Weeds | Jethro Tull |
| White Revolution | Dr. Varghese Kurien |
| Zoology | Aristotle |
| Hybrid Rice in India | E.A. Siddique |
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