Agriculture Branches and their Fathers
Agricultural science is a branch of science, but agricultural science is also made up of various branches of science, for which many scientists have contributed significantly in many branches, due to which the researcher scientist in each branch has been called the father of that branch.
No.
|
Branch
|
Father of Branch
|
1.
|
Agronomy
|
Pietro
de’ Crescenzi
|
2.
|
Agricultural
& Biological Chemistry
|
Justus
Freiherr von Liebig
|
3.
|
Agro
Metrology
|
D.N.
Walia
|
4.
|
Agro
Metrology in India
|
L.A.
Ramdas
|
5.
|
Agro
Climatology
|
Koppen
|
6.
|
Antibiotics
|
Alexander
Fleming
|
7.
|
Apiculture
|
Francois
Huber
|
8.
|
ATP
Cycle
|
Lipmann
|
9.
|
Biology
|
Aristotle
|
10.
|
Biochemistry
|
Justus
Von Liebig
|
11.
|
Bacteriology
|
Leuwenhoek
|
12.
|
Botany
|
Theophrastus
|
13.
|
Blodynamic
Farming
|
Rudolf
Steiner
|
14.
|
Cytology
|
Robert
Hooke
|
15.
|
Crop
Rotation
|
Norfork
(1730)
|
16.
|
Cytoplasmic
Inheritance
|
Carl
Correns
|
17.
|
Cloning
|
Lan
Willmut
|
18.
|
Cooperative
Movement of India
|
F.
Nicholson
|
19.
|
DNA
finger printing technique
|
Alec
Jeffrey
|
20.
|
Ecology
|
Reiter
|
21.
|
Economic
Ecology
|
M.S.
Swaminathan
|
22.
|
Endocrinology
|
Thomas
Addison
|
23.
|
Extension
Education
|
J.P.
Leagans (India) & A. Seaman (USA)
|
24.
|
Experimental
Genetics
|
Thomas
Hunt Morgan
|
25.
|
European
Nematology
|
H.C.
Bastian
|
26.
|
Evolutionary
Idea
|
Empedocles
|
27.
|
Forest
Pathology
|
Robert
Haring
|
28.
|
Field
Plot Experiment
|
J.B.
Boussingault
|
29.
|
Fruit
& Vegetable Preservation
|
M.
Nicholas Apart
|
30.
|
Genetics
|
Gregor
Johann Mendel (G.J. Mendal)
|
31.
|
Genetics
Engineering
|
Paul
Berg
|
32.
|
Gene
Therapy
|
W.F.
Andersan
|
33.
|
Helminthology
|
K.
Rudolphi
|
34.
|
Indian
Ecology
|
R.
Mishra
|
35.
|
Indian
Mycology
|
E.J.
Butler
|
36.
|
Indian
Plant Breeding
|
Dr.
B.P. Pal
|
37.
|
Indian
Remote Sensing
|
Dr.
P.R. Pishroty
|
38.
|
Indian
Phycology / Algology
|
M.O.P.
Lyengar
|
39.
|
Immunology
|
Edward
Jenner
|
40.
|
Limnology
|
F.A.
Forel
|
41.
|
Lichenology
|
Erik
Acharius
|
42.
|
Microbiology
|
A.V.
Leuwenhoek
|
43.
|
Modern
Microbiology
|
Louis
Pasteur
|
44.
|
Medicinal
Bacteriology
|
Robert
Koch
|
45.
|
Modern
Apiculture
|
Johan
Dzierzon
|
46.
|
Modern
Genetics
|
Thomas
Hunt Morgan (T.H. Morgan)
|
47.
|
Modern
Botany
|
Carl
Linnaeus
|
48.
|
Mutation
Theory
|
Hugo
de’ Vries
|
49.
|
Mycology
|
Antonio
Micheli
|
50.
|
Nematology
|
N.A.
Cobb
|
51.
|
Nitrogen
Fixation
|
Winogradsky
|
52.
|
Natural
Farming
|
Masanobu
Fukuoka
|
53.
|
Ornamental
Gardening
|
M.S.
Randhawa
|
54.
|
Organic
Farming
|
Albert
Howard
|
55.
|
Plant
Physiology
|
Stephen
Hales
|
56.
|
Pedology
|
Vasily
Dokuchaev
|
57.
|
Parasitology
|
F.
Platter
|
58.
|
Plant
Pathology
|
Heinrich
Anton de Bary
|
59.
|
Plant
Pathology in India
|
Edwin
John Butler (E.J. Butler)
|
60.
|
Plant
Tissue Culture
|
G.
Haberlandt
|
61.
|
Plant
Anatomy
|
Grew
|
62.
|
Pure
Culture Technique
|
Oscar
Brefeld
|
63.
|
Rose
Breeding
|
Bhattarchaterji
|
64.
|
Sociology
|
Auguste
Compte
|
65.
|
Safeners
|
O.L.
Hoffman
|
66.
|
Statistics
|
R.A.
Fisher
|
67.
|
Soil
Conservation
|
H.H.
Bennett
|
68.
|
Soil
Science
|
Dokuchaev
|
69.
|
Soil
Microbiology
|
S.N.
Winogradsky
|
70.
|
Soil
Testing Technique
|
M.L.
Troug
|
71.
|
Taxonomy
|
Carolus
Linnaeus
|
72.
|
Tillage
& Weeds
|
Jethro
Tull
|
73.
|
Virology
|
W.M.
Stanley
|
74.
|
World
Entomology
|
William
Kirby
|
75.
|
Zoology
|
Aristotle
|
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