
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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