Jakob Eriksson

[1] He has over 400 publications on studies primarily focusing on fungal pathogens at the cellular level and understanding the process of infection.

Eriksson received his PhD from University of Lund (Sweden) in 1874 entitled “Studies over leguminosernas tubers”.

The most significant finding of his research work was to describe the special forms within morphologically similar species of rust fungi.

Besides working on rust, Eriksson also studied a lot of other pathogens including clover rot, potato disease and fungus, fruit scab and mold, felt sick on carrot, floral and branch disease in fruit trees, spinach mildew and gooseberry mildew.

Eriksson published several books and monographs during his academic career and edited three exsiccatae, among them the well-known series Fungi parasitici Scandinavici exsiccati.

• Honorary professor (1885) • Token of gold (1897) by Academy of Agriculture • Prix DESMAZIÈRES (prize for 1897 awarded in January 1898) by Académie des Sciences in Paris[6] • Honorary membership of landscape in Swedish and foreign academies[1] On 26 April 1931, Eriksson died in Stockholm county.

The award is administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the International Society for Plant Pathology and consists of gold medal.