Parbery, Douglas G <br/><br/>
Daniel McAlpine and The Bitter Pit  [electronic resource] / 
by Douglas G. Parbery. 
 - Cham :  Springer International Publishing,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (XXI, 252 p. 39 illus., 18 illus. in color.) 
<br/><br/>PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PIONEER PHYTOPATHOLOGIST -- Scotland & England -- Highly Educated Non-Graduate -- Australia Felix -- Vegetable Pathologist -- Twenty Years of Plant Pathology in Australia -- International Recognition -- PART TWO:THE BITTER PIT INVESTIGATION -- Bitter Pit -- The Poison Theory -- A National Investigation -- The First Year 1911-1912 -- Serious Stumbling Blocks -- The Second Year's Work 1912-1913 -- The Third Years Work 1913-1914 -- The Fourth Year of the Investigation 1914-1915 -- The Fifth Year of the Investigation 1915-1916 -- Appraisal of McAlpine's Success -- Personal Interactions -- PART THREE: TWILIGHT OF THE GOD -- The Fruitless Years -- Re-establishment of a Reputation.  . 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319095523 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History.<br/>Life sciences.<br/>Agriculture.<br/>Microbiology.<br/>Plant pathology.<br/>Plant physiology.