Peter Henry Rolfs (1865–1944) was a prominent
Florida agronomist in the early 20th century. He directed the
Florida Agriculture Experiment Station from 1905 to 1920, and from 1915 to 1920 served as the
Dean of the
College of Agriculture at the
University of Florida. Rolfs then moved to
Brazil to found the
Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinária in
Viçosa, Minas Gerais, renamed to
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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Rolfs was the first to describe a common plant pathogen called
Southern Blight
''Athelia rolfsii'' is a corticioid fungus in the family Atheliaceae. It is a facultative plant pathogen and is the causal agent of "southern blight" disease in crops.
Taxonomy
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Sclerotium rolfsii''.
External links
Biographyin Portuguese at the
UFV website.
Peter Henry Rolfs collectionat the
University of FloridaPeter Henry Rolfs Digital Collectionwith full, open access to archival materials held at the
University of Florida
American agronomists
Brazilian academics
University of Florida faculty
Brazilian people of German descent
1865 births
1944 deaths
Federal University of Viçosa
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