Robert Hartig - "Father of Forest Pathology."
Robert Hartig showed that fungi cause decay rather than the
long held belief that decay causes fungi. Hartig is recognized as the father
of forest pathology.
A LITTLE HISTORY:
Why have myths and misunderstandings plagued arboriculture? The
problem started in the mid-19th century when several important events
happened about the same time. The repeated failure of the potato crop in
Ireland caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans, set off a large
scale famine and migration. At this time, Anton De Bary proved that a fungus
caused the disease rather than the well-accepted that the disease caused the
fungus. At the same time as Louis Pasteur was winning the battle of
the germ theory, Robert Hartig showed that fungi cause decay rather than the
long held belief that decay causes fungi. For his work, De Bary recognized
as the father of plant pathology. Hartig is recognized as the father of
forest pathology. Hartig's
great work set off a rushing stream of research on decay. Source:
Arboriculture in the 21st Century by Dr. Alex L. Shigo.
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