Jehangir Fardunji Dastur, Indian plant pathologist and
mycologist (Bhavnagar, Gujrat 10 September 1886 - Bombay 01 May 1971) Authored over 36 original papers and memoirs PLANT DISEASES Discovered Phytophthora parasitica responsible for blight of castor oil plants (1913) First reported white tip disease of rice (1936) Described “pan sukh” disease of rice plant (c.1937) Described two new diseases of potato: leaf rot and tuber rot (1948) DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES Botryobasidium album 1946 Cochliobolus tritici 1942 Corticium album 1940 Vermicularia
indica
1934 HONORS Dasturella Mundkur & Kheswalla 1943 (Fungi) |
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