George P. Clinton (1867 - 1937)
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Biography
Selected publications
Biography
The dates, name and vocation are about right for this person to be a grandson of George W. Clinton, to whom Asa Gray attributes two sons. But really, I have no definite personal information about him.
Selected Publications
George P. Clinton (1902) "Cladochytrium alismatis" in Botanical Gazette 33:1 pp. 49 - 61The organism in the title is now known as Physoderma maculare
George P. Clinton (1904) "North American Ustilagineae" in Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 31 pp. 329 - 529
George P. Clinton (1904) "Downy mildew or blight of muskmelons and cucumbers" in Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report pp. 329 - 362I'm listing the written dates on these Connecticut Experiment Station bulletins; the actual date of issue is given by E. A. Bessey (1935) as a year later
George P. Clinton (1905) "Downy mildew, Phytophthora phaseoli Thaxt., of lima bean" in Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report pp. 278 - 303
George P. Clinton (1905) "The Ustilaginaceae, or smuts, of Connecticut" in Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 5 pp. 1 - 45
George P. Clinton (1906) "Ustilaginales" in North American Flora 7:1 pp. 1 - 82
George P. Clinton (1910) "Oospores of potato blight" in Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Biennial Report pp. 753 - 774This was the first authentic report of the discovery of a sexual stage for Phytophthora infestans
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