Harold Henry Flor

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Harold Henry Flor

Harold Henry Flor (1900–1991) was a plant pathologist famous for proposing the gene for gene hypothesis of plant-pathogen genetic interaction whilst working on rust (Melampsora lini) of flax (Linum usitatissimum). He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1929. He proposed the term "Avirulence gene".[citation needed] He worked for three years at Washington State University and the rest of his career at North Dakota State University where he came up with his hypothesis.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Biography from the American Phytopathological Society". Archived from the original on 2019-02-22.
  2. ^ Biography from North Dakota State University


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