| 书目名称 | Daniel McAlpine and The Bitter Pit | | 编辑 | Douglas G. Parbery | | 视频video | | | 概述 | The book is unique - the documents explaining the reasons for McAlpine‘s unwanted retirement were found only in 2011.McAlpine‘s brilliance as an educator, teacher and producer of fine teaching aids an | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | 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 rival. The discovery in 2012-2013 of government files covering the period of the bitter pit investigation, from 1911 to 1916; reveal the extent of the unjust criticism of McAlpine while history has vindicated the management recommendations made to reduce bitter-pit losses. The focus on bitter-pit management late in McAlpine’s Career also meant that those who value his memory have been less aware of the remarkable achievements of McAlpine in the time before he left Great Britain – the brilliance of his teaching and drawing skills –featured in the early teaching texts for botany and zoology (th | | 出版日期 | Book 2015 | | 关键词 | Biography; Daniel McAlpine; development of plant pathology in Australia | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09552-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-35958-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-09552-3 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 |
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