Nellie A. Brown | |
|---|---|
 Brown in 1915 | |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | 1956 (aged 79–80) |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany Phytopathology |
| Institutions | United States Department of Agriculture |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | N.A.Br. |
Nellie Adalesa Brown (1876–1956) was an American botanist and government researcher. Much of her research focused on plant pathology. While working with Charles Orrin Townsend[1] and Agnes J. Quirk[2] as assistants for Erwin Frink Smith, Brown and her colleagues described Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the organism responsible for crown gall in 1907.[3] They also identified methods of mitigation.[4][5]
- ^ "Charles Orrin Townsend, '88, M.S. '91". The Michigan Alumnus. 44: 40. October 2, 1937.
- ^ Ainsworth, G. C. (1981). Introduction to the history of plant pathology. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521230322. OCLC 6709119.
- ^ Smith, E. F.; Townsend, C. O. (1907). "A Plant-Tumor of Bacterial Origin". Science. 25 (643): 671–673. Bibcode:1907Sci....25..671S. doi:10.1126/science.25.643.671. PMID 17746161.
- ^ Smith, E. F.; Brown, N. A.; Townsend, C. O. (1911). Crown-gall of Plants: Its Cause and Remedy. U.S. Government Printing Office
- ^ Smith, E. F.; Brown, N. A.; McCulloch, L. (1912). "The structure and development of crown gall: a plant cancer". Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 255. U.S. Government Printing Office.