Lecture 1 - Introduction Flashcards
why do pest problems seem to have risen when we moved away from hunter-gathers to agriculture
moving to monoculture and trading grain to different places
who was the roman goddess responsible for cereal rust control
Robigo
What did Hook (1665) do
used a crude compound microscope to describe plant and fungal cells and came up with the idea the organisms are multi-cellular
Who was Leeuwenhoek (1675) and what did he do
First microbiologist. Improved the microscope, studied plant anatomy, and discovered bacteria/other micro-organisms
What did Micheli (1729) do
was the first to see fungal spores and observed that when spores were placed on media, same fungi was produced
noted that fungi did not arise from spontaneous generation
What did Tillet (1755) do
conducted replicated experiments on bunt of wheat
what time saw a big increase in disease problems
mid 1800s
What were the agricultural research stations created by
the Experimental Farm Act which established 5 agricultural research farms
Who was John Hubert Craigie
Was very important to research on rust. Figured out the whole life cycle
when was disease resistance recognized and when did they start breeding for it
recognized in 19th century
started breeding for it in 20th century
what was the first disease they bred resistance for
stripe rust in wheat
