TY - BOOK AU - Parbery,Douglas G TI - Daniel McAlpine and The Bitter Pit SN - 9783319095523 PY - 2015/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing KW - History KW - Life sciences KW - Agriculture KW - Microbiology KW - Plant pathology KW - Plant physiology N1 - 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.   UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09552-3 ER -