About Eugene Byron Smalley
Lived 1926 – 2002 (aged 75–76). Eugene Byron Smalley was an American botanist and mycologist.
Elms field in Morton arboretum and elm breeders, from left: George Ware, Mrs. Vera Grbić, Smalley and Ray Guries (July 2, 1987) Professor Eugene Byron Smalley (1926–2002) was an American plant pathologist. Smalley joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1957 with the specific aim of finding a way to control Dutch elm disease Assembling seeds from around the northern hemisphere, Smalley developed resistant strains of elms which were patented and released to commerce, notably 'Sapporo Autumn Gold', and 'New Horizon'.
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American botanist (1926-2002)
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Eugene Byron Smalley was born in 1926 in Los Angeles.
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Eugene Byron Smalley died in 2002.
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Eugene Byron Smalley was a botanist and mycologist.
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Eugene Byron Smalley was American.
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