Mark A. Carleton
Mark Alfred Carleton ( born March 7, 1866 in the vicinity of Jerusalem, Monroe County, Ohio, † April 25, 1925 in Paita, Peru ) was an American agronomist, phytopathologist and mycologist. In the first two decades of the 20th century, he further developed in the Wheat Belt cultivation Siberian rust fungus-resistant varieties of durum wheat. In 1908, Carleton was president of the American Society of Agronomy. The agronomist was carriers of the Knight's Cross of the National Order of Merit Ordre du Mérite agricole.
Life and work
The parents were initially came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1876 and took over a farm in Cloud County, Kansas. Carleton studied 1884-1887 in Manhattan (Kansas ) Agronomy. He graduated from Kansas State University and then explored under Hitchcock Albert Spear rust deposits of grain. During his studies Carleton had seen Mennonites - wanted to make Siberian wheat varieties in the United States at home - but without success. So Carleton learned Russian, came to pass in 1898 on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (he was employed there since 1894 ) to Siberia and brought in 1899 the variety Kubanca home.
1919, the wheat in Kansas was nearly one hundred percent grown from seed Carletonschen. 1918, the successful agronomist from the Department of Agriculture was excreted. In his last years, Carleton has worked in Central and South America for the United Fruit Company. In 1925, he died in Peru from malaria.
Family
Carleton had married on December 29, 1897 Amanda Elizabeth Faught from Kingman (Kansas). The couple had four children.
Memberships
- Botanical Society of America
- American Phytopathological Society
- American Genetic Association
- Kansas Academy of Science
- American Association for the Advancement of Science