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Bean

The growers and canners of beans have also been on the receiving end of  J. C.

Walker’s service. In the 1920’s common bean mosaic was causing great losses to

the canning industry. In 1930 Walker and one of his students developed 2 varieties

of bean resistant to mosaic as well as making available to bean breeders everywhere,

information on the inheritance of  the resistance.

ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

Few scientists have received greater acclaim for their contributions than J. C.

Walker. He is a member of The Wisconsin Academy of Science, The American

Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Institute of  Biological

Sciences, The American Phytopathological Society (president in 1943), the Genetics

Society, The Botanical Society of America, and The American Society of Naturalists.

He has earned the coveted honor of election to the National Academy of

Sciences consisting of  one hundred of  the leading scientists of  this country.

Dr. Walker was also elected to the College of Electors Hall of  Fame of New York

University and was named “Man of the Year” by the National Vegetable Growers

Association in 1953.

Walker has been invited to present papers at several International Congresses.

He was a guest lecturer in 1953 at the Agricultural Institute of  Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He has published well over 300 technical papers and has guided some 60 students

through their doctorate in Plant Pathology.

National recognition services for J. C. Walker have been held by the American

Seed Trade Association, The National Kraut Packers Association, The Vegetable

Growers of America, and the Manufacturers of Processing Equipment.

DR. J. C. WALKER — THE MAN

Any review of the accomplishments of  Dr. J. C. Walker, scientist, would be

incomplete without a description of “Charlie” Walker, the warm, wonderful human

personality loved by scores. His intimate friends, his colleagues, his many

acquaintances within the fields of science and industry echo the praises for a man

whose singular feats have won admiration because of his dogged determination,

his faith, and his ability to inspire others to similar virtues by his good example.

But those who know him best say his devotion to duty and his vision are exceeded

many times by his ready wit, his love of good fun and good fellowship. His career

is truly an inspiration; his personality is a real pleasure to share.

The income to Wisconsin in 1956 from vegetable crops, the production of

which would have been impossible without the work of  Dr. J. C. Walker, was over

17 million dollars.

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Annual value of  crops — 1956

Cabbage

$ 1,540,000.00 in Racine and Kenosha counties

10,957,000.00 in Wisconsin

Beets

1,302,000.00 in Wisconsin

2,562,000.00 in Wisconsin

1,296,000.00 in Wisconsin

Much of this saving has been recurring annually for many years.

The people of  Wisconsin shall, indeed, be forever indebted to

John Charles Walker.

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1. Walker, J. C. Control of potato diseases in Wisconsin. Wis. Country Magazine

7: 34. 1913.

2. Walker, J. C. Studies upon the anthracnose of  onion. Phytopathology

7: 59. 1917.

3. Walker, J. C. Control of neck rot and anthracnose of onion sets. Phytopathology

8: 70. 1918.

4. Walker, J. C. Notes on the resistance of onions to anthracnose. Phytopathology

8: 70-71. 1918.

5. Walker, J. C. Onion diseases and their control. U.S.D.A. Farm. Bul. 1060, 23

pp. 1919.

6. Vaughan, R. E., and J. C. Walker. Onion smut. Wis. Agr. Expt. Sta. Circ. 114,

4 pp. 1919.

7. Walker, J. C. Occurrence and control of black leg of cabbage. Phytopathology

10: 64. 1920.

8. Walker, J. C. Experiments upon formaldehyde-drip control of onion smut.

Phytopathology 10: 323-327. 1920.

9. Walker, J. C., and W. B. Tisdale. Observations on seed transmission of the

cabbage black rot organism. Phytopathology 10: 175-177. 1920.

10. Jones, L. R., J. C. Walker, and W. B. Tisdale. Fifth progress report on Fusarium-

resistant cabbage. Phytopathology 10: 64. 1920.

11. Jones, L. R., J. C. Walker, and W. B. Tisdale. Fusarium resistant cabbage. Wis.

Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 148, 314 pp. 1920.

12. Vaughan, R. E., and J. C. Walker. Onion smut. Wis. Horticulture 10:

133-145. 1920.

13. Walker, J. C. A Macrosporium rot of onion. Phytopathology 11: 53. 1921.

14. Walker, J. C. The occurrence of  dodder on onions. Phytopathology 11: 53.

1921.

15. Walker, J. C. Onion smudge. Jour. Agr. Res. 20: 685-722. 1921.

16. Walker, J. C. Rust of onion followed by a secondary parasite. Phytopathology

11: 87-90. 1921.

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17. Walker, J. C., and L. R. Jones. The relation of soil temperature and other

factors to onion smut and infection. Phytopathology 11: 52-53. 1921.

18. Walker, J. C., and L. R. Jones. Relation of soil temperature and other factors

to onion smut infection. Jour. Agr. Res. 22: 235-262. 1921.

19. Walker, J. C. Onion diseases and their control. U.S.D.A. Farm. Bul. 1060 (1st

rev.), 28 pp. 1922.

20. Walker, J. C. Seed treatment and rainfall in relation to the control of cabbage

black leg. U.S.D.A. Bul. 1029, 27 pp. 1922.

21. Walker, J. C., and W. B. Tisdale. Further notes on the occurrence of cabbage

black leg. Eiiytppathology 12: 143. 1922.

22. Walker, J. C. The hot water treatment of cabbage seed, Phytopathology 13:

251-253. 1923.

23. Walker, J. C. Disease resistance to onion smudge. Jour. Agr. Res. 214: 1019-

1040. 1923.

24. Jones, L. R., and J. C. Walker. Yellows-resistant cabbage varieties. Seed World

(Feb. 2, 1923): 20-21. 1923.

25. Jones, L. R., J. C. Walker, and E. C. Tims. Work upon Fusarium-resistant

cabbage in 1922. Phytopathology 13: 57. 1923.

26. Harter, L. L., and L. R. Jones. Cabbage diseases. (Revised by J. C. Walker.)

U.S.D.A. Farm. Bul. 1351, 29 pp. 1923.

27. Walker, J. C. Occurrence of white rot of Alliuin (Sclerotium opivorum Berk.)

in Europe and America. Phytopathology 114: 26. 19214.

28. Tims, E. C., and J. C. Walker. A Fusarium bulb rot of onion. Phytopathology

114: 26-27. 1924.

29. Walker, J. C., and F. L. Wellman. Temperature relations of Urocystis cepulae

(Frost). Phytopathology 114: 26. 1924.

30. Walker, J. C. White rot of Allium in Europe and America. Phytopathology

114: 315-322. 1924.

31. Walker, J. C. Cabbage—seed treatment. U.S.D.A. Circ. 311, 4 pp. 1924.

32. Walker, J. C. Resistant varieties and disease-free seed save cabbage industry.

Wis. Horticulture 114: 117-118; 122. 1924.

33. Walker, J. C. Observations on the cultivation and diseases of  cabbage arid

onions in Europe, 1922. Plant Disease Reporter, Suppl. 32, 314 pp. 1924.

34. Walker, J. C. On the nature of disease resistance in plants. Trans. Wis. Acad.

Science, Arts, and Letters 21: 225-2147, 19214.

35. Walker, J. C., and C. C. Lindegren. Further studies on the relation of onion scale

pigmentation to disease resistance. Jour. Agr. Research 29: 507-514. 1924.

36. Walker, J. C., and E. C. Tims. A Fusariun bulb rot of onion and the relation of

environment to its development. Jour. Agr. Research 28: 683-694. 1924.

37. Walker, J. C. An investigation into the nature of disease resistance in plants.

Science 59: 448. 1924.

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