Lindsay M. Black, 1907 to 1997

Authors

Myron K. Brakke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
D. V. R. Reddy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1998

Comments

Published in PHYTOPATHOLOGY 88:9 (1998), p. 872. Used by permission.

Abstract

Plant pathology and virology lost a pioneer when Lindsay MacLeod Black died on 23 December 1997. We lost a friend and mentor. Black was noted for proving conclusively that a plant virus can multiply in both leafhopper vectors and plants; characterizing unstable, leafhopper-transmitted viruses; and developing insect tissue cultures for studying plant viruses.