Agriculture Branches and their Fathers

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