Israel Reichert

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Israel Reichert (Hebrew: ישראל רייכרט) (5 August 1891 – 22 May 1975) was a Polish-born Israeli agriculturist and biologist who established the field of phytopathology in Israel. He worked on the management of rusts and smuts of field and fruit crops.

Israel Reichert
ישראל רייכרט
Born(1891-08-05)5 August 1891
Died22 May 1975(1975-05-22) (aged 83)
Nationality Poland  Israel
Occupations
  • Agriculturist
  • Biologist
  • Phytopathologist
AwardsIsrael Prize (1955)
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsPhytopathology
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Thesis Fungi of Egypt
Author abbrev. (botany)Reichert

Biography

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Israel Reichert was born in Ozorkow, Poland to Eliezer Chaim Layzer and Ruchama Reichert. He immigrated to what was then Ottoman Palestine in 1908. He worked as a labourer and then taught natural history. He studied botany at the University of Berlin under Adolf Engler, writing his thesis on the fungi of Egypt.

Scientific career

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He applied biogeographical principles to fungi and worked on the management of plant pathogenic fungi. He worked in Italy briefly in 1921 and then moved back to Palestine to start a department of plant pathology. In 1942 he moved to the Hebrew University's School of Agriculture at Rehovot. He served as a professor from 1949 to 1959, co-founding the Palestine Journal of Botany in 1938.[1][2]

Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. ^ Katan, Jaacov (2009). "Phytopathology in Israel: Nine decades of research". Phytoparasitica. 37 (4): 333–336. doi:10.1007/s12600-009-0046-3. S2CID 37320647.
  2. ^ Kenneth, R.; Ciccarone, Antonio (1976). "Professor Israel Reichert in Memoriam". Phytoparasitica. 4: 71–73. doi:10.1007/BF02981082. S2CID 39705499.
  3. ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1955 (in Hebrew)". cms.education.gov.il (Israel Prize official website). Archived from the original on June 12, 2012.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Reichert.

See also

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