> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 152](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260140) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18255-1) LSID 18255-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1609345) QID Q1609345 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Duggar, Benjamin Minge (1872-1956), American botanist, mycologist, plant physiologist, and microbiologist, born 1 Sep 1872 at Gallion, Alabama, studied at the University of Alabama 1887-1889, later at Mississippi State University, B.S. 1891, M.S. 1892 at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, A.B. in 1894 and M.A. in 1895 at Harvard, at Cornell University 1896-1901, Ph.D. 1898, with U.S.D.A. 1901, professor of botany Univ. Missouri 1902-1907, College of Agriculture Cornell University 1907-1912, Washington University 1912-1927, professor of plant physiology at the University of Wisconsin 1927 until his retirement in 1943, died 10 Sep 1956 at New Haven, Conn. **Abbreviated name**: *Duggar* \[standard form in IPNI: *Duggar*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 209, 323; Barnhart 1: 479 (b. 1 Sep 1872, Gallion, Ala., d. 10 Sep 1956, New Haven, Conn.); CSP 14: 715; Ewan ed. 1: 199, ed. 2: 107; Kew 2: 138; LS 7423-7435, 32.799-32.803A; LS suppl. 7038-7046, 10.120; Rehder 5(index): 241; Stevenson p. 1241; Tucker 1: 214. #### Biofile - Ainsworth, G.C., Nature 178: 834-835. 20 Oct 1956. - Anon., Nat. Nov. 18: 482. 1896, 20: 440. 1898, 23: 66. 1901, 24: 455. 1902, 30: 198. 1908; Bot. Centralbl. 75(30/31): 159. 29 Jul 1898 (teacher Cornell Univ.), 90(39): 368. 1 Oct 1902 (comes to MO), 120(43): 448. 12 Oct 1912 (app. pl. physiol. at MO), 122(16): 384. 22 Apr 1913 (id.); Deut. bot. Monatsschr. 16(8): 155. Aug 1898 (teacher Cornell Univ.); Allg. Bot. Z. 4: 152. 15 Sep 1898 (teacher at Cornell Univ.), 8: 192. 15 Nov 1902 (prof. Columbia Univ. Missouri), 18: 120. 5 Oct 1912 (Univ. Washington), 19: 48. 15 Mar 1913; Hedwigia 41(4)(Beibl.): (166). 5 Aug 1902 (prof. Univ. Missouri), 53(1)(Beibl.): (96). 14 Dec 1912 (prof. Washington Univ.); Bot. Jahrb. 32(Beibl. 72): 5. 11 Aug 1903; ÖBZ 62: 351. 1 Sep 1912, 495. 1 Dec 1912 (prof. Washington University); New York Herald Tribune 11 Sep 1956 (portr.). - Backus, E.G., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 84: 308-310. 1957 (portr.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 16, 22, 83. 1969. - Humphrey, H.B., Makers of N. Amer. Bot. 72-75. 1961. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 108. 1972. - Keitt, G.W., Mycologia 49: 434-438. 1957 (necrology, portr.). - Murrill, W.A., Historic Foundat. Bot. Florida 39. 1945. - Noland, L.E., Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 54(part A): 95-106. 1965 (on D.). - Rodgers, A.D., Liberty Hyde Bailey 213-214, 238, 345-346, 367-368, 485. 1949. - Rogers, D.P., Brief Hist. Mycol. N. Amer. ed. 2. 31, 38, 39, 40. 1981. - Stakman, F.C., Science ser. 2. 126: 690-691. 1957 (D. pioneer in precise plant research). - Walker, J.C., Phytopathology 47: 379-380. 1957 (portr.); Biographical Memoirs Natl. Acad. 32: 113-131. 1958 (portr.). - Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 171-172. 1984. #### Composite works *Plant life* \[*of Missouri*\], in *Williams*, The State of Missouri, An autobiography... Columbia, Missouri 1904, p. 229-240. ### Publications ##### n.31.905. Variability **Title** *Variability* in the *spores* of *Uredo Polypedii* (Pers.) DC.... Proceedings of the American Academy... \[1895\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1895 (mss. submitted by W.S. Farlow 10 Oct 1894), p. 396-400, *1 pl*. (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: B, BR, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Acad. 30: 396-400, *1 pl*. 1895. – Also issued as Contr. Crypt. lab. Harvard Univ. ##### n.31.906. bacterial disease **Title** On a *bacterial disease* of the *Squash-bug* (Anasa tristis Deg.)... Springfield, Ill. (H.W. Rokker,...) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1896, cover-t.p., p. \[340\]-379, *pl. 17-18. Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Illinois State Lab. 4: 340-379, *pl. 17-18.* 1896. ##### n.31.907. morphology **Title** On the *morphology* of the *gametophyte* and *development* of the *sporangium* in some Angiosperms... A. thesis submitted to the University Faculty of Cornell University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, June 1898. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1898?, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[81\]-98, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths.), 89-105, *pl. 352-354* (uncol. heliotypes). *Copy*: NY. *Note*: This thesis submitted (or issued?) Jun 1898 is composed of 2 different parts. 1. Studies in the development of the pollen grain in Symplocarpus foetidus and Peltandra undulata. – Reprinted (or preprinted) from Bot. Gaz. 29(2): 81-98, *pl. 1-2.* 20 Feb 1900. 2. On the development of the pollen grain and the embryo-sac in Bignonia venusta. – Reprinted (or preprinted) from Bull. Torrey bot. Club 26(3): 89-105, *pl. 352-354.* 18 Mar 1899. 2. Also issued separately with cover-t.p. *Copy*: BKL. ##### n.31.908. sterile fungus Rhizoctonia **Title** The *sterile fungus Rhizoctonia* as a cause of plant diseases in America... Ithaca, N.Y. (Published by the University)... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Fred Carlton Stewart (1868-1946). *Publ*.: Jan 1901 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Mai (1) 1901), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], 52-76. *Copies: *B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Stat. Ithaca Bull. 186: 52-76. 1901. ##### n.31.909. cultivation **Title** The *cultivation* of *mushrooms*... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cultiv. mushrooms*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904 (Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1904), p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: B, BR. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Farmer's Bull. no. 204. 1904. \[*Ed. 2*\]: 1916, p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: L. – Id. no. 204. 1916. ##### n.31.910. principles **Title** The *principles* of *mushroom growing* and mushroom spawn making... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Principl. mushr. grow.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov 1905 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1906), cover-t.p., *pl. 1*, p. \[1\]-60, *pl. 2-7* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, BR. – Issued as U.S.D.A. Bureau Pl. Industry Bull. no. 85. 1905. ##### n.31.911. Plant physiology **Title** *Plant physiology* – *Present problems*... Reprinted from Science... 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Jun 1905 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Science ser. 2. 21: 937-953. 1905. ##### n.31.912. relation **Title** The *relation* of certain *marine algae* to various *salt solutions*... Transactions or the Academy of Science of St. Louis... 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Dec 1906 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Nov (2) 1908 \[sic\]), cover-t.p., p. 473-489. *Copies*: B. L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 16(8): 473-489. 1906. ##### n.31.913. Fungous diseases **Title** *Fungous diseases* of plants: with chapters on physiology, culture methods and technique... Boston, New York (Ginn) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fungous diseases*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (ÖBZ Dec 1909, Nat. Nov. Jan (1) 1910), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-508. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.31.914. Plant physiology **Title** *Plant physiology* with special reference to plant production... New York (Macmillan) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. physiology*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911 (Nat. Nov. Aug (2) 1911), p. \[1\]-516. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.31.915. Mushroom growing **Title** *Mushroom growing*... New York (Orange Judd company...) 1915. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mushr. grow.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1915, p. \[i\], \[1\]-250, front., *pl*. *Copy*: MO.