Allen KerrAO, FRS, FAA (21 May 1926 – 14 December 2023) was a Scottish-born Australian biologist. He served as Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. His most significant work was his study of crown gall — a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens.
From 1947-1951 he was an assistant Mycologist at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. From 1951-1980 he was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. From 1978-1983 he was Vice-President of the International Society for Plant Pathology. From 1980-1983 he was President of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society.
In 1990, he became Head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide, and in 1991 he became Head of the Department of Crop Protection at the University of Adelaide.[1]
Kerr celebrated his 90th birthday in 2016.[2] He died in Adelaide on 14 December 2023, at the age of 97.[3]
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