Biography

José María Carranza, Argentine plant pathologist (1922 – ?)

Described new pathogenic fungi to plants

Antracnosis del Aguaribay causada por Myxosporella schini sp. nov. en la Argentina. Rev. Fac. Agron. (1950)

With J.C. Lindquist. Thecaphora frezii n.sp., parasita de Arachis sp. Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot. 10:11-8, 1962

With Luttrell. An undescribed species of Exosporium on grain of Secale cereale. Mycologia 59(6):1097, 1967 (Exosporium pampeanum)

Una Alternaria parasita de las coníferas en la Argentina. Lilloa 21:279-89, 1949

First to report the epidemiology of Botrytis grey mould disease on chickpea

Wilt of chickpea (Cinerea arietinum) caused by Botrytis cinerea. Revta. Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 41:135-8, 1965 

First to report Phytophthtora drechsleri on Cineraria

Collar and roots rot of Cineraria (Senecio cruentus) produced by P. drechsleri. Rev. Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 39:1-9, 1965