Biology 3218F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Symbiosis, Vertically Transmitted Infection, Gram-Negative Bacteria
20 Sep 2016
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A lot of fungi make a lot of plants sick. A lot of ancient references to plant diseases, but no one knew it was fungi. Micheli: a monk and he took rhizopus spores on mouldy melon and sprinkles it on a fresh melon, and the fresh melon moulded as well. This was in a context when people thought mould was caused by spontaneous generation (like rats) But instead of calling the copper sulphate the poison, he called the smut spores the poison; he was able to fix it with this medicine which was cuso4 so he mixed this up. Prevost: sprinkled seeds and determined that those smut spores were the cause of the disease. Way ahead of his time in that sense b/c pasteur has not come along yet. Montagne: late blight arrived in europe and named the fungus; de bary changed its name by changing genus name.
