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Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (15 February 1784 – 5 December 1866) was a French
commune of Vaudoy in the department of Seine-et-Marne
.
At the age of 14, Montagne joined the French navy, and took part in
Académie des sciences
.
In 1845 he was one of the first scientists (with
potato blight fungus he referred to as Botrytis infestans. Montagne is also known for investigations of mycological species native to Guyane
.
He contributed numerous articles to the Archives de Botanique and the Annales des Sciences naturelles.
The fungal genera Also genera Montagnula Berl., 1896, Montagnina Höhn. 1910, Montagnellina Höhn. 1912 and Camontagnea Pujals, 1981 were named in his honour.[5]
He died in Paris on 5 December 1866.
See also
References
- Laboratoire de Botanique et de Mycologie (biography in French)
- ^ Widmark, Anna-Karin (2010). "The Late Blight Pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. Interaction with the Potato Plant and Inoculum Sources" (PDF). Acta Universitatis agriculturae Sueciae - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
- ^ Montagnaea Tropicos
- ^ Montagnites MycoBank
- ^ Etymologisch-botanisches Handwörterbuch by G.C. Wittstein
- ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Mont.
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