Erwin Frink Smith

American plant pathologist (1854-1927).

Erwin Frink Smith (January 21, 1854 – April 6, 1927) was an American plant pathologist with the United States Department of Agriculture. He played a major role in demonstrating that bacteria could cause plant disease.

Abbreviations: E.F.Sm.

Occupations: phytopathologist, mycologist, scientific collector, microbiologist, botanist, botanical collector, bacteriologist

Citizenships: United States

Languages: English

Dates: 1854-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1927-00-00T00:00:00Z

Birth place: Oswego County

Direct attributions: 0 plants, 2 fungi

Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 2 fungi

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2 fungi attributed to2 fungi:

Neocosmospora vasinfecta E.F. Sm. 1899

fungi species in the nectriaceae family

Neocosmospora vasinfecta is a fungal plant pathogen that causes, among other types of infections, soybean stem rot.

Neocosmospora E.F. Sm. 1899

fungi genus in the nectriaceae family

Neocosmospora is a genus of fungi in the family Nectriaceae. The genus was established by Smith in 1899. Species in the genus are saprobes (processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter), endophytes (a fungus that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle), and plant and animal pathogens and they are commonly found in soil, plant debris, living plant material, air and water (Sandoval-Denis et al. 2019; Guarnaccia et al. 2021). There exists a "lumper and splitter" problem surrounding the genus and the so-called Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC). Neocosmospora in the

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