Ronald Karslake Starr Wood

Ronald Karslake Starr Wood
FRS
Born(1919-04-08)8 April 1919
Ferndale, Wales
Died26 April 2017(2017-04-26) (aged 98)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materImperial College London
Known forPhysiological plant pathology
AwardsOtto-Appel-Denkmunze (1978)
Scientific career
FieldsPlant pathology
InstitutionsImperial College London
University of London
Doctoral advisorWilliam Brown
Doctoral studentsMichael Francis Madelin
Other notable studentsGeorge C. Clerk

Ronald Karslake Starr Wood, FRS (8 April 1919 – 26 April 2017) was a pioneer British plant pathologist, and Professor of Plant Pathology at Imperial College London.[1][2][3][4] He was the first academic to be appointed chair in physiological plant pathology in England and Wales.[1] He was also the first president of the British Society for Plant Pathology and the first president of the International Society for Plant Pathology.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Professor RKS Wood". The Times. 25 May 2017. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ Archer, Simon (1 December 2017). "R.K.S. Wood FRS, 1919–2017". Food Security. 9 (6): 1139–1141. doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0738-3. ISSN 1876-4525.
  3. ^ "R. K. S. WOOD research works".
  4. ^ Wood, R K S (1960). "Pectic and Cellulolytic Enzymes in Plant Disease". Annual Review of Plant Physiology. 11 (1): 299–322. doi:10.1146/annurev.pp.11.060160.001503.
  5. ^ "About ISPP". www.isppweb.org. Retrieved 26 June 2019.