G. P. Darnell-Smith and the introduction of copper carbonate ‘dry pickling’ of wheat seed
G. M. Murray
Abstract:George Percy Darnell-Smith (1868-1942 was the second plant pathologist appointed to the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Although he founded the Microbiology Branch (later Plant Pathology Branch) and wrote articles on many plant diseases, his noteworthy contribution was developing the 'dry pickle' treatment for common bunt of wheat during the 1910s. Darnell-Smith built on the knowledge gained over the previous 150 years on this disease. Common bunt was the first disease-plant, animal or human-whose c… Show more
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