Aps Celebrates the Life of a Pioneer Woman Plant Pathologist

U.S. Newswire › March 07, 2005

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ST. PAUL, Minn., March 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -b To celebrate Women's History Month and the contributions of women scientists, The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is highlighting the accomplishments of Margaret Newton, one of the first prominent women scientists in the field of plant pathology.

Born in 1887 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Newton began her education in a one-room schoolhouse, but went on to break new ground for women scientists with her academic achievements. Newton was one of the first to determine that different samples of the fungus causing black stem rust of wheat were able to infect different varieties of wheat, and as a result, discovered the existence of different races of black stem rust. This research helped plant pathologists manage this disease by developing grains that were resistant to the different races of rust.

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Aps Celebrates the Life of a Pioneer Woman Plant Pathologist

"Margaret Newton's contributions to plant pathology made a signif...

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