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Noël Bernard

1874 – 1911

French botanist

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Lived 1874 – 1911 (aged 36). Noël Bernard was a French botanist, biologist and university teacher, known for Orchid and Phytoalexin.

Noël Pierre Joseph León Bernard (13 March 1874 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris – 16 January 1911 in Saint-Benoît, Vienne) was a French botanist, known as the famous discoverer of the symbiotic germination of orchid seeds. He also discovered Phytoalexins which are antimicrobial and often antioxidative substances synthesized de novo by plants that accumulate rapidly at areas of pathogen infection.

Early life and education His father was François Bernard, a wealthy cloth and textiles distributor based in Béziers in southern France, who moved to Paris and died when Bernard was 5 years old. He demonstrated at the Botanical Institute of the Garden of plants of Caen the symbiosis of the fungi in the tuberated roots of orchids. He participated in the creation of the plant research station of Mauroc in Saint-Benoît. With the mathematician Émile Borel, biologist Maurice Caullery and the physicist Aimé Cotton, he co-published the scientific and literary journal La Revue du mois.

Personal life The greenhouse in Caen Botanical Garden by Jardin des plantes de la ville de Caen, where Bernard conducted his most important research. 1909 In 1907, he married Marie-Louise Martin, a mathematician from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses.They had a son, Francis. Bernard died when he was finally overcome with tuberculosis.

Publications

Etudes sur la tubérisation [Texte imprimé] / par M. Noe͏̈l Bernard / Paris : P. Dupont, 1901 Etudes sur la tubérisation [Texte imprimé] / par Noël Bernard... / Paris : P. Dupont, 1902 Mécanismes physiques d'actions parasitaires [Texte imprimé] / Noël Bernard / Caen, 1902 Conditions physiques de la tubérisation chez les végétaux [Texte imprimé] / par M. Noel Bernard / [Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1902] La germination des orchidées [Texte imprimé] / par M. Noel Bernard / [Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1903] Nouvelles espèces d'endophytes d'orchidées [Texte imprimé] / par M. Noël Bernard / [Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1905] Symbioses d'orchidées et de divers champignons endophytes [Texte imprimé] / par M. Noel Bernard / [Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1906] Remarques sur l'immunité chez les plantes [Texte imprimé] / par Noël Bernard / Paris : Masson, 1909 L'évolution des plantes / par Noël Bernard ; préface de J. Costantin / Paris : F. Alcan, 1916 Notions générales sur le paludisme et les moyens de le combattre dans les Centres agricoles et forestiers de la Cochinchine / Noel Bernard / Saïgon : Imprimerie Nouvelle Marcel Portail, 1919 Principes de biologie végétale [Texte imprimé] / par Noël Bernard / Paris : Félix Alcan, 1921 L'évolution des plantes [Texte imprimé] / par Noël Bernard... ; préf. de J. Costantin... / Nouvelle éd. / Paris : Félix Alcan, 1932 On the germination of Orchids [Texte imprimé] / by Noël Bernard... / London, La culture des orchidées dans ses rapports avec la symbiose [Texte imprimé] : conférence faite à Gand, le 24 avril 1908, aux membres du jury et aux exposants de la XVIe exposition internationale d'horticulture, à l'occasion du centenaire de la Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique de Gand : publiée par les soins de la Société / Noël Bernard / Gand (belgique) : E. Sacré, [1908?] L'évolution dans la symbiose [Texte imprimé] : les orchidées et leurs champignons commensaux / par Noël Bernard / Paris : Masson et Cie, Éditeurs, [1909?]

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Known for
Orchid, Phytoalexin
Education
University of Paris, École Normale Supérieure, Pasteur Institute, University of Poitiers
Employers
University of Poitiers
Also known as
Noel Bernard, N. Bernard, N Bernard, N.Bernard

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Noël Bernard?

French botanist (1874-1911)

When was Noël Bernard born?

Noël Bernard was born on 13 March 1874 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.

When did Noël Bernard die?

Noël Bernard died on 26 January 1911 in Saint-Benoît.

What was Noël Bernard's occupation?

Noël Bernard was a botanist, biologist and university teacher.

What was Noël Bernard known for?

Noël Bernard was known for Orchid and Phytoalexin.

What nationality was Noël Bernard?

Noël Bernard was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Noël Bernard

· Wikidata: Q3345776

· DBpedia: Noël Bernard (botanist)

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