The society that almost wasn't: Issues of professional identity and the creation of The American Phytopathological Society in 1908

Phytopathology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Peterson, Paul D ^a   Scholthof, Karen Beth G ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; PLANT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PLANT DISEASES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75649115329     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-100-1-0014     Document Type: Article

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