Abstract
TheGodfather of soil mycology in Egypt was born on the 1st of January 1898 in the Arab Gohina village of the Qalubiya Governorate. In 1921 he received his degree from the Agricultural High School (now Cairo University's Faculty of Agriculture).
Highlights
Studies on fungi in Egypt dated back to the beginning of the 19th century on lichens by several investigators like Delile, Nylander, Müller and Sickenberge
By the beginning of the 20th century, special attention was being given to phytopathogenic fungi on wild and domesticated plants of economic importance since 1902 by Fletcher and other British, Egyptian and American researchers
Both Reichert and Melchers are worked on documentation of phytopathogenic fungi in Egypt, Israel Reichert (1891-1975) obtained his doctorate on Die Pilzflora Ägypten in which 237 species were recognized, of which 42 were new to science
Summary
Studies on fungi in Egypt dated back to the beginning of the 19th century on lichens by several investigators like Delile, Nylander, Müller and Sickenberge. By the beginning of the 20th century, special attention was being given to phytopathogenic fungi on wild and domesticated plants of economic importance since 1902 by Fletcher and other British, Egyptian and American researchers Both Reichert and Melchers are worked on documentation of phytopathogenic fungi in Egypt, Israel Reichert (1891-1975) obtained his doctorate on Die Pilzflora Ägypten in which 237 species were recognized, of which 42 were new to science. Melchers went to Egypt at the invitation of the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture as chief mycologist for 18 months He met a series of difficulties such as there being no records available on occurrence, distribution, or dates of investigator in Egypt, any mycological observations conducted previously by any investigator in Egypt, and no mycological reference collection existing in the country. Research on Egyptian soil fungi was probably commenced by Professor Younis Sabet
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