Do Plants Get Cancer?
Abstract: Have you ever thought about plants getting tumors and having cancer? You might have been surprised after you heard this. However, it is a fact. If humans or other animals get cancer, then plants also can be infected by it. Scientists have efficiently researched the phenomenon and found this crucial fate that actually affects the growth and development of plants. Probably, you are thinking, how does it occur? Well, let's see how it happens. Introduction: Figure: Crown Gall Disease in plants The tumor which is observed in the plants is known as Crown Gall Disease . In 1679, Malpighi first observed the galls in plants. Later, in 1897, Fridiano Cavara in Napoli, Italy discovered the facts behind the crown gall disease of plants by isolating the causing microorganism, Agrobacterium tumefaciens . Two scientists E.F. Smith and C.O Towsend, visited Napoli, Italy, to find crown gall disease in 1907. Later on, they published their paper on this cancerous disease in 1952. After th...