| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 252 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Origin and Development of a Pioneer Plant Pathologist; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Greatness Forgotten; 1.2 Documents and℗ Letters; References; Chapter 2: Scotland & England; 2.1 Scottish Origin and℗ Early Years; 2.2 Fascination with℗ Geology; 2.3 Undergraduates in℗ London; 2.4 Teaching Atlases and℗ English Texts; 2.5 Academia in℗ Edinburgh; References; Chapter 3: Highly Educated Non-graduate; 3.1 Proof of℗ Appointments in℗ Edinburgh; 3.2 Academic Career; 3.3 Search for℗ Greener Fields; References; Chapter 4: Australia Felix |
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4.1 Establishment in℗ Australia4.2 Ormond College; 4.3 Auld Po-Tarsh: Victorian College of℗ Pharmacy; 4.4 Research and℗ Other Occupations 1884-1890; 4.5 A New Vocation Beckons; 4.6 Natural Sciences in℗ Nineteenth Century Europe; 4.7 Australia 1788-1890; 4.8 Formal Courses in℗ Plant Pathology; References; Chapter 5: Vegetable Pathologist; 5.1 Devastating Epidemics; 5.2 Founding Australian Plant Pathology; 5.3 Renowned Mycologist; 5.4 McAlpine's Training in℗ Mycology; 5.5 Hallmarks of℗ Rigour and℗ Accuracy; 5.6 Six Australian Books; 5.7 Extra Mural Activities; References |
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Chapter 6: Twenty Years of℗ Plant Pathology in℗ Australia 1890-19106.1 In McAlpine's Own Words; 6.2 What Constitutes Plant Pathology; 6.3 Its Aims and℗ Objectives; 6.4 Means Provided for℗ Investigation and℗ Research; 6.5 Some of℗ the℗ Work Accomplished; 6.6 Problems Awaiting Solution; 6.7 How This Study Has Benefited the℗ Producer; 6.8 Conclusion; 6.9 International Recognition; References; Part II: The Bitter Pit Investigation; Chapter 7: Bitter Pit; 7.1 History of℗ Research into Bitter Pit; 7.2 Bitter Pit in℗ Australia; 7.3 The Economic Importance of℗ Apples; 7.4 An Increasing Problem 1886-1910 |
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7.5 A National Investigation Proposed7.6 The Perth Conference; 7.7 The Ministers Respond; 7.8 The Reluctant Appointee; References; Chapter 8: The Poison Theory; 8.1 Codlin Moth, Lead Arsenate and℗ Bitter Pit; 8.2 Delay, Uncertainty and℗ Objection; 8.3 Penang℗ -- Investigative Journalist; 8.4 The Minister and℗ the℗ Poison Theory; 8.5 Test Committee Fails Ewart and℗ White; References; Chapter 9: A National Investigation; 9.1 Government in℗ Australia; 9.2 Appointment of℗ McAlpine; 9.3 Commonwealth Advisory Committee on℗ Bitter Pit; 9.4 Travel, Distance and℗ Time; References |
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Chapter 10: The First Year 1911-191210.1 Establishing Starting Points; 10.2 The Australian Apple Industry 1900-1911; 10.3 Advisory Committee's First Report; 10.4 The First Year's Accounts; References; Chapter 11: Serious Stumbling Blocks; 11.1 The Irony of℗ Preparation; 11.2 Ewart Corrupts Advisory Committee; 11.3 Distribution of℗ the℗ First Progress Report; References; Chapter 12: The Second Year 1912-1913; 12.1 The Second Progress Report; 12.2 Monthly Reports; 12.3 Long Distance Transport of℗ Meat, Fruit and℗ Vegetables; 12.4 The Voyage of℗ SS Somerset; 12.5 The Advisory Committee's Second Report |
| Summary |
This book is a biography of a scientist who pioneered the development of plant pathology in Australia in the 19th and early 20th century, and was internationally acclaimed. After 20 years as a plant pathologist, he was asked to find the cause and cure of a serious physiological disorder of apples. While the cause eluded him, and everyone else for another 60 years, he again won international gratitude for the improvements he brought to the apple industry. However because he did not find the cause, he was deemed to have failed by his political masters who were malignantly influenced by a jealous |
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biographies |
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malus domestica |
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appels |
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apples |
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stip |
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bitter pit |
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levenswetenschappen |
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life sciences |
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wetenschap |
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science |
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microbiologie |
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microbiology |
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geschiedenis |
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history |
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plantenziektekunde |
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plant pathology |
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plantenfysiologie |
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plant physiology |
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landbouw |
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agriculture |
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afwijkingen, planten |
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plant disorders |
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Diseases, Pests and Disorders of Plants (General) |
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Plantenziekten, -plagen en -afwijkingen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2014) |
| Subject |
McAlpine, Daniel.
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Botanists -- Australia -- Biography
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Bitter pit -- History
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Bitter pit
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Botanists
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319095523 |
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3319095528 |
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331909551X |
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9783319095516 |
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