Background
BITANCOURT, Agesilau Antonio was born on June 6, 1899 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
BITANCOURT, Agesilau Antonio was born on June 6, 1899 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Educated in general botany and biological chemistry, University de Paris. Agricultural Engineer, Instituí National Agronomique (Paris).
Assistant in phytopathology, Institute Biológico, ministry of agriculture, Rio de Janeiro, 1920-1926: professor, of botany and phytopathology. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba. 1926-1928; director, experimental station of agrostology, ministry of agriculture, Rio de Janeiro, 1928-1931: phytopathologist, Institute Biológico, Sao Paulo, since 1931, assistant, director, 1933-1941.
Member: American Phytopathological Society, Mycological Society of American, American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow). Member Academy Brasileira de Ciencias.