Édouard Georges Delacroix (24 January 1858 in

Montrouge Montrouge () is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. After a long period of decline, the population has increased again in recent years. ...

– 1 November 1907 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

) was a French

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

and

plant pathologist Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...

. Beginning in 1886 he worked in the laboratory of plant pathology at the Institut nationale agronomique, where he later served as a lecturer of descriptive botany (from 1895) and plant pathology (from 1898). In 1899 he was named director of the Station de Pathologie végétale in Paris. His name is associated with the mycological species ''Aspergillus delacroixii'' (synonym, ''

Aspergillus nidulans ''Aspergillus nidulans'' (also called ''Emericella nidulans'' when referring to its sexual form, or teleomorph) is one of many species of filamentous fungi in the phylum Ascomycota. It has been an important research organism for studying eukaryot ...

'' var. ''echinulatus'').

Selected works

* ''Espèces nouvelles observées au Laboratoire de Pathologie végétale'' (1893) – New species observed at the laboratory of plant pathology. * ''Les maladies des noyers en France''; with Édouard Ernest Prillieux (1898) – Diseases of walnut trees in France. * ''Atlas de botanique descriptive comprenant l'étude des familles les plus importantes au point de vue économique (cryptogames et phanérogames)'' (1898) – Atlas of descriptive botany. * ''Les maladies et les ennemis des caféiers'' (1900) – Diseases and pests of

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. * ''Maladies des plantes cultivées''; with

André Maublanc André Pierre Jules Maublanc (24 July 1880, in Nantes – 30 April 1958, in Paris) was a French mycologist and plant pathologist. Beginning in 1902, he worked as a préparateur at the Station de Pathologie végétale in Paris. In 1912, he traveled ...

(2 volumes, 1908–09) – Diseases of cultivated plants. ** I, ''Maladies non parasitaires'' (non-parasitic diseases), by Delacroix. ** II, ''Maladies parasitaires'' (parasitic diseases), by Delacroix and Maublanc.Maublanc, André (1880-1958)
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