Mary K. Bryan
Mary K. Bryan | |
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| Born | 1877 |
| Died | unknown |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist, Phytopathologist |
Mary Katherine Bryan (February 13, 1877 - ?) was an American botanist and phytopathologist.[1] Much of her research involved leaf spots and cankers caused by bacteria.[2]
Life and career
Bryan was born in Maryland. She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1908. She worked at the Bureau of Plant Industry in the United States Department of Agriculture, as a scientific assistant and assistant pathologist from 1909 to 1918.[3]
She and Nellie A. Brown worked for Erwin Frink Smith.[4]
References
- ^ Harvey, Joyce; Ogilvie, Marilyn (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century, Volume 1. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780203801451
- ^ Bryan M. K. Studies on bacterial canker of Tomato. Journal of Agricultural Research 1930 Vol. 41 No. 12 pp. 825-851
- ^ Staff report (July 21, 1929). Farm News of the Great Southwest. Los Angeles Times
- ^ Ainsworth, Geoffrey Clough (1981). Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521230322
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