Who is known as the father of plant virology?

✅Explanation: Martinus Beijerinck is considered the father of plant virology. In 1898, he conducted experiments on the tobacco mosaic disease and concluded that the causative agent was a "contagium vivum fluidum," a contagious living fluid, which he later termed a virus. He demonstrated that the agent could pass through filters that retained bacteria, establishing the unique nature of viruses.

📌 Other Options Explanations:
-Stanley: Wendell Stanley is known for crystallizing the tobacco mosaic virus, which helped in understanding the structure of viruses.
-Ivanowsky: Dmitri Ivanowsky was the first to discover a filterable infectious agent (virus) while studying tobacco mosaic disease but did not fully understand its nature.
-Mayer: Adolf Mayer, a German chemist, was also involved in early studies on tobacco mosaic disease but did not isolate the virus.

🛑 🔴Additional information::
-Dmitry Ivanovsky and Martinus Beijerinck are considered to be the father of Virology.
-They were the first to discover virus in 1892.