Education

He was educated at the Collegium Carolinum of Braunschweig, and at Berlin.

Career

In 1878 he was appointed professor of botany at Munich. Hartig made significant contributions to knowledge of vegetable pathology. Hartig worked in Eberswalde (1867–1878) and Munich (1878–1901), mainly in forest pathology.

He described the Hartig Netto, a hyphal network that extends into the plant root.

C. He was the son of Theodor Hartig (1805–1880) and grandson of Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764–1837).

Achievements

• Prior to his investigations on the progressive stages of disease in trees, little or nothing had been done in this area, so that Hartig may be considered the founder of arboreal pathology.

Membership

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.