Editing Plant pathology (section)

== History ==

{{further|Timeline of plant pathology}}

Plant pathology has developed from antiquity, starting with [[Theophrastus]] in the ancient era, but scientific study began in the [[Early Modern]] period with the invention of the [[microscope]], and developed in the 19th century.<ref name=Ainsworth>{{cite book |last1=Aisnworth |first1=Geoffrey Clough |title=Introduction to the History of Plant Pathology |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-521-23032-2}}</ref>