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Birth: December 6, 1856 in Brunn, Germany in a farmer family. Deceased : December 8, 1937, Vienna, Austria. Specialization: Botany (Plant Physiology)
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Research Period : 1883-1937(Allelopathy Research: 1936-37). Publications : Books: 24 (1 on allelopathy), Research Papers: 3. Contributions: He is called Father of Allelopathy, as he coined the Term Allelopathy and wrote the first Book Influence of one Plant on Another:Allelopathy published in 1937.
IMPORTANT POSTS HELD: 1894-1908: Head, Institute of Plant Physiology, Prague; 1908-21: Director, University of Vienna, 1926: Rector, University of Vienna, 1932: Present, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Source: Allelopathy Journal 1: 1-5 (1994). © International Allelopathy Foundation 2001.
Birth: Born in 1858 in urban family, Yorkshire, England. Deceased: December 5, 1920. Specialization: Chemistry.
Research Period: 1881-1981 (allelopathy: 1903-1918).
Publications: Research Papers: 27. Contributions: He was the first scientist to develop and use scientific methodology in allelopathy research, which was used till 1960’s. He established Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm in 1894 and showed the allelopathic effects of grasses on trees and of crops on crops.
Source: Allelopathy Journal 1: 70-76 (1994). © International Allelopathy Foundation 2001.
Birth: May 29, 1875 at Nassau, Germany in Urban family. Deceased: 1965. Specialization: Chemistry.
Institute: USDA, Bureau of Soils.
Research Period: 1903-1944 (Allelopathy research: 1906-1923); Retired: 1944.
Publications: Research Papers: Numerous (57 on allelopathy). Contributions: For the first time, he isolated and identified the phytotoxins in unproductive soil. These compounds inhibited the growth of plants influenced the absorption of nutrients by the roots.
Source: Allelopathy Journal 3: 1-9 (1996). © International Allelopathy Foundation2001.
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