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Q806

Who is the father of American Nematology

A.
Vanderplank
B.
H. Schacht
C.
N. A. Cobb
Answer
D.
T. J. Burill

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
N. A. Cobb is the father of American Nematology.
Nematology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes or roundworms.
Nathan Augustus Cobb, referred to as the "Father of Nematology in the United States", was a Renaissance man and a man of humble beginnings.
Nathan Cobb 1918 published his Contributions to a Science of Nematology and his lab manual "Estimating the Nema Population of Soil."