Background
DAY, Peter was born on December 27, 1928 in Chingford, Essex. Son of Roland Percy Day and Florence Kate (née Dixon).
(Research on the interactions of plants and phytopathogeni...)
Research on the interactions of plants and phytopathogenic fungi has become one of the most interesting and rapidly moving fields in the plant sciences, the findings of which have contributed tremendously to the development of new strategies of plant protection. This book offers insight into the state of present knowledge. Special emphasis is placed on recognition phenomena between plants and fungi, parasitization strategies employed by the phytopathogenic fungi, the action of phytotoxins, the compatibility of pathogens with host plants and the basic resistance of non-host plants as well as cultivar-specific resistance of host plants. Special attention is paid to the gene-for-gene hypothesis for the determination of race-specific resistance, its molecular models and to the nature of race non-specific resistance as well as the population dynamics of plants and the evolution of their basic resistance.
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DAY, Peter was born on December 27, 1928 in Chingford, Essex. Son of Roland Percy Day and Florence Kate (née Dixon).
Bachelor of Science in Botany, Birkbeck College, England, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1954.
Director Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, England 1979-1987. Director Center for Agricultural Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, N.B. since 1987, Rutgers University Professor, of Genetics since 1987. Special Professorship.
University of Nottingham 1981-1987. Secretary Institute Genetics Federation since 1984. President British Society for Plant Pathology 1985.
Chairman Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources, N.A.S., United States of America since 1986. Executive Committee, Norfolk Agricultural Station 1980-1987, Committee on Genetic Experimentation. Institute Council of Scientific Unions since 1984, Board of Trustees, Institute Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement, since 1986, panel.
Fellow, University of Wisconsin 1954-1956. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, University of Queensland 1972.
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Institute Food Biotechnology Council 1988-1990, member Scientific Advisory Board DNA Plant Technology.
Married Lois Elizabeth Rhodes, May 26, 1951. Children: Susan Catherine, Rupert Peter, William Rodney.