Johan Gerard ten Houten

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Johan Gerard ten Houten
Born(1911-04-17)April 17, 1911
Winterswijk[1]
DiedMay 15, 1993(1993-05-15) (aged 82)
Wageningen
NationalityDutch
Other namesJ. G. ten Houten
CitizenshipDutch
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, plant pathology
InstitutionsUniversity of Utrecht, , , Royal Dutch Shell, (Research Institute for Plant Protection), Wageningen Agricultural University
Doctoral advisorJohanna Westerdijk
Author abbrev. (botany)Houten
Notes
The standard author abbreviation Houten is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

J. G. ten Houten (b. Winterswijk,[1] 17 April 1911 - d. Wageningen, 15 May 1993) was a Dutch plant pathologist known for founding and leading several important bodies in that subject in the Netherlands.

Youth[]

J. G. ten Houten was born in Winterswijk in 1911.[1]

Education[]

His father had been interested in biology and J. G. also pursued that interest, joining the (Netherlands' Young Naturalists League). He went on the study biology at the University of Utrecht, graduating with a degree in plant taxonomy in 1935 with a minor in plant pathology. At the time of his graduation, jobs in biology were scarce and so he took a job at the Dutch pharmaceutical company . He then began a doctoral program at UU under Johanna Westerdijk, which he completed in 1939 with a dissertation titled Seed Plant Diseases of Conifers.[1]

Early career[]

After graduation he worked in applied entomology at the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam (now called the Royal Tropical Institute) and then starting at the end of 1939 at the company . At NV Javo he was involved mostly with pest and disease control in Roselle grown as a fiber crop on Java, Indonesia. In 1946 he was hired as head of the Biocide Department at Royal Dutch Shell's laboratories in Amsterdam.[1] From 1951-1957 he was President of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Plantenziektekundige ().[3]

Instituut voor Plantenziektenkundig Onderzoek[]

Soon thereafter the ten Houten created the (IPO) (Research Institute for Plant Protection) in Wageningen[1][3] and on September 1, 1949 the board appointed him as its director. There he continued to work until 1974. For the first decade he was also a researcher, especially on Phytophthora, including Phytophthora cactorum.[4] His research also extended to the social and economic benefits of pest control during this time.[1]

In 1971 he was appointed (Extraordinary Professor) of Environmental Science at Wageningen Agricultural University,[1] where he remained until retiring on September 1, 1976. By the end of his life he had received an honorary doctorate from the State Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium; and was made an Officer of both the Order of Orange-Nassau and of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.[4]

Selected authored bibliography[]

  • ten Houten, Johan Gerard (1963-07-01). "Johanna Westerdijk, 1883-1961". Journal of General Microbiology. Microbiology Society. 32 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1099/00221287-32-1-1. ISSN 0022-1287.
  • Oort, A. J. P.; ten Houten, Johan Gerard (1970). "Professor Kerling, her life and work". . (Springer). 76 (3): 110–118. doi:10.1007/bf01974315. ISSN 0028-2944. S2CID 20035652.
  • Kerling, L. C. P.; ten Houten, Johan Gerard; de Bruin-Brink, G. (1986). "Johanna Westerdijk: Pioneer Leader in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. Annual Reviews. 24 (1): 33–41. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.24.090186.000341. PMID 19099363.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Wilde, J. de (1975). "J. G. ten Houten". . (Springer). 81 (3): 89–93. doi:10.1007/bf01999857. ISSN 0028-2944. S2CID 40552877.
  2. ^ IPNI.  Houten.
  3. ^ a b Zadoks, J. C. (1991). "A hundred and more years of plant protection in the Netherlands". . (Springer). 97 (1): 3–24. doi:10.1007/bf01995781. ISSN 0028-2944. — "A hundred and more years of plant protection in the Netherlands - Erratum". . (Springer). 97 (6): 417–417. 1991. doi:10.1007/bf03041389. ISSN 0028-2944.
  4. ^ a b van der Want, J. P. H. (1994). "Johan Gerard ten Houten, 1911-1993". Phytopathology. American Phytopathological Society. 84: 662. doi:10.1094/phyto-84-662. ISSN 0031-949X.
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