Q657
Who discovered the downey mildew for the first time in India
A.
E. J. Butler
AnswerB.
J. F. Dastur
C.
K. C. Mehta
D.
K. R. Kirtikar
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
E. J. Butler discovered the Downey mildew for the first time in India.Sir Edwin John Butler was an Irish mycologist and plant pathologist. He became the Imperial Mycologist in India and later the first director of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology in England.
During his twenty years in India, he began large-scale surveys on fungi and plant pathology and published the landmark book Fungi and Disease in Plants: An Introduction to the Diseases of Field and Plantation Crops, especially those of India and the East (1918) and has been called the Father of Mycology and Plant Pathology in India.