FATHERS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Explore the pioneers of agricultural sciences by Agriinfoz.com & discover their contributions, innovations, and legacies in agronomy, horticulture, soil science, & more.
| S.No | Field | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Father of Botany | Theophrastus & Linnaeus |
| 2 | Father of Agronomy | Pietro de’Crescenzi |
| 3 | Father of Agro Climatology | Koppen |
| 4 | Father of Agro Meteorology | D N Walia |
| 5 | Father of Agro Meteorology in India | L A Ramdas |
| 6 | Father of Genetics | Gregor Mendel |
| 7 | Father of Experimental Genetics | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| 8 | Father of Natural Farming | Masanobu Fukuoka |
| 9 | Father of Organic Farming | Albert Howard |
| 10 | Father of Mycology | Pier Antonio Micheli |
| 11 | Father of Indian Mycology | E J Butler |
| 12 | Father of Agricultural Chemistry | Justus Von Liebig |
| 13 | Father of Nematology | N A Cobb |
| 14 | Father of Biology | Aristotle |
| 15 | Father of Microbiology | Louis Pasteur |
| 16 | Father of Statistics | R A Fisher |
| 17 | Father of Modern Tillage | Jethro Tull |
| 18 | Father of Plant Physiology | Stephen Hales |
| 19 | Father of Cytology | Robert Hooke |
| 20 | Father of Tissue Culture | Gottlieb Haberlandt |
| 21 | Father of Modern Biochemistry | Carl Neuberg |
| 22 | Father of Extension | J P Leagans |
| 23 | Father of Demonstration | Seaman A Knapp |
| 24 | Father of Extension Education in India | K N Singh |
| 25 | Father of Economics | Adam Smith |
| 26 | Father of DNA Fingerprinting | Alec Jeffreys |
| 27 | Father of Genetic Engineering | Paul Berg |
| 28 | Father of Green Revolution | Norman E Borlaug |
| 29 | Father of Crop Rotation | Charles Townshend |
| 30 | Father of Hybrid Rice | Yuan Longping |
| 31 | Father of Indian Plant Breeding | B P Pal |
| 32 | Father of Indian Remote Sensing | P R Pisharoty |
| 33 | Father of Immunology | Edward Jenner |
| 34 | Father of Mutation Theory | Hugo de Vries |
| 35 | Father of Nitrogen Fixation | Winogradsky |
| 36 | Father of Pedology | V V Dokuchaev |
| 37 | Father of Ecology | Ernst Haeckel |
| 38 | Father of Plant Anatomy | Nehemiah Grew |
| 39 | Father of Soil Science | V V Dokuchaev |
| 40 | Father of Horticulture | Liberty Hyde Bailey |