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Pierre Prévost. Little is known of his early life but he chose science to a career in business after apprenticing in a grocery. He became interested in science after reading the work of the astronomer Duc-la-Chapelle. In 1777, he became a private tutor to the sons of Delmas in
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Mémoire sur la cause immédiate de la carie oú charbon desblés, et de plusieurs autres maladies des plantes, et sur les préservatifs de la carie
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Canabal, M. (2010). "De la découverte scientifique à l'occultation du savoir : Isaac-Bénédict Prévost et la carie du blé (1798-1807)".
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