| 1 |
Father of Agronomy |
Pietro de' Crescenzi |
| 2 |
Father of Horticulture (World) |
Liberty Hyde Bailey |
| 3 |
Father of Horticulture (India) |
M. H. Marigowda |
| 4 |
Father of Soil Science (World) |
V. V. Dokuchaev |
| 5 |
Father of Soil Science (India) |
J. W. Leather |
| 6 |
Father of Pedology |
V. V. Dokuchaev |
| 7 |
Father of Fertilizer Chemistry |
Justus von Liebig |
| 8 |
Father of Agricultural Chemistry (World) |
Justus von Liebig |
| 9 |
Father of Agricultural Chemistry (India) |
J. W. Leather |
| 10 |
Father of Field Plot Technique |
J. B. Boussingault |
| 11 |
Father of Soil Taxonomy |
G. D. Smith |
| 12 |
Father of Soil Testing |
M. L. Troug |
| 13 |
Father of Soil Physics |
Daniel Hillel |
| 14 |
Father of Soil Microbiology |
S. N. Winogradsky |
| 15 |
Father of Tillage |
Jethro Tull |
| 16 |
Father of Zero Tillage |
G. B. Triplett |
| 17 |
Father of Minimum Tillage |
E. H. Faulkner |
| 18 |
Father of Soil Erosion |
Bennett |
| 19 |
Father of Soil Erosion Control |
Wollny |
| 20 |
Father of Soil Conservation |
Tamhane |
| 21 |
Father of Dryland Agriculture |
Kanitkar |
| 22 |
Father of Agrometeorology (World) |
D. N. Wadia |
| 23 |
Father of Agrometeorology (India) |
L. A. Ramdas |
| 24 |
Father of Agroclimatology |
Köppen |
| 25 |
Father of Indian Remote Sensing |
P. R. Pisharoty |
| 26 |
Father of Organic Farming |
Sir Albert Howard |
| 27 |
Father of Modern Composting |
Sir Albert Howard |
| 28 |
Father of Natural Farming |
Masanobu Fukuoka |
| 29 |
Father of Mixed Farming |
La-Fititze |
| 30 |
Father of Response Farming |
Stewart |
| 31 |
Father of KVK |
Chandrika Prasad |
| 32 |
Father of Weed Science |
Jethro Tull |
| 33 |
Father of Safener |
Hoffman |
| 34 |
Father of Green Revolution (World) |
Norman E. Borlaug |
| 35 |
Father of Green Revolution (India) |
M. S. Swaminathan |
| 36 |
Father of White Revolution |
Verghese Kurien |
| 37 |
Father of Hybrid Rice (World) |
Yuan Longping |
| 38 |
Father of Hybrid Rice (India) |
E. A. Siddiq |
| 39 |
Father of Super Rice |
G. S. Khush |
| 40 |
Father of Golden Rice |
Ingo Potrykus |
| 41 |
Father of Hybrid Cotton |
C. T. Patel |
| 42 |
Father of Indian Rusts |
K. C. Mehta |
| 43 |
Father of Golden Revolution |
K. L. Chadha |
| 44 |
Father of Hydroponics |
W. F. Gericke |
| 45 |
Father of Vital Statistics |
John Graunt |
| 46 |
Father of Statistics |
R. A. Fisher |
| 47 |
Father of Zero Budget Natural Farming |
Subhash Palekar |
| 48 |
Father of ATP Cycle |
F. A. Lipmann |
| 49 |
Father of Tissue Culture |
Gottlieb Haberlandt |
| 50 |
Father of Systematic Pomology |
De Candolle |
| 51 |
Father of Orchidology |
John Lindley |
| 52 |
Father of Antibiotics |
Alexander Fleming |
| 53 |
Father of Biology |
Aristotle |
| 54 |
Father of Zoology |
Aristotle |
| 55 |
Father of Botany |
Theophrastus |
| 56 |
Father of Plant Physiology |
Stephen Hales |
| 57 |
Father of Indian Plant Physiology |
J. C. Bose |
| 58 |
Father of Cytology |
Robert Hooke |
| 59 |
Father of Crop Rotation |
Norfolk System |
| 60 |
Father of Cooperative Movement (India) |
F. Nicholson |
| 61 |
Father of Economic Ecology |
M. S. Swaminathan |
| 62 |
Father of Sociology |
Auguste Comte |
| 63 |
Father of Extension Education (World) |
A. Seaman & Knapp |
| 64 |
Father of Extension Education (India) |
Leagans |
| 65 |
Father of Fruit & Vegetable Preservation |
M. Nicholas Appert |
| 66 |
Father of Genetics |
Gregor Johann Mendel |
| 67 |
Father of Modern Genetics |
T. H. Morgan |
| 68 |
Father of Polygenic Inheritance |
Kolreuter |
| 69 |
Father of Genetic Engineering |
Paul Berg |
| 70 |
Father of Mutation Theory |
Hugo de Vries |
| 71 |
Father of Indian Plant Breeding |
B. P. Pal |
| 72 |
Father of Indian Mycology |
E. J. Butler |
| 73 |
Father of Taxonomy |
Carolus Linnaeus |
| 74 |
Father of Indian Plant Pathology |
E. J. Butler |
| 75 |
Father of Plant Pathology |
Anton de Bary |
| 76 |
Father of Forest Pathology |
Robert Hartig |
| 77 |
Father of Experimental Genetics |
Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| 78 |
Father of Cytoplasmic Inheritance |
Carl Correns |
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