Bediaga Begonha
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 22460-030,
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2012 Dec;19(4):1255-73. doi: 10.1590/s0104-59702012005000003. Epub 2012 Nov 27.
The Imperial Instituto Fluminense de Cultura (Fluminense Imperial Institute of Agriculture) encouraged debate with a view to eradicating the blight that devastated sugar cane plantations in the State of Bahia. Rural landowners, government officials and men of science participated in the discussions. The article presents the context of the sciences applied to agriculture, especially agricultural chemistry and the repercussions of the 'discoveries' of Justus Liebig in Brazil. The debate at the Imperial Instituto about the sugar cane blight was analyzed, together with the ideas espoused there and the characters involved in the issue. The procedures and solutions presented are studied, as well as the formation of knowledge networks around the agricultural sciences, which was in the process of institutionalization at the time.
弗卢米嫩塞帝国农业研究所鼓励进行辩论，以期根除肆虐巴伊亚州甘蔗种植园的枯萎病。农村土地所有者、政府官员和科学界人士参与了讨论。本文介绍了应用于农业的科学背景，特别是农业化学以及尤斯图斯·冯·李比希的“发现”在巴西所产生的影响。分析了弗卢米嫩塞帝国研究所关于甘蔗枯萎病的辩论，以及在那里所支持的观点和涉及该问题的各方人物。研究了所提出的程序和解决方案，以及围绕农业科学形成的知识网络，当时这一网络正处于制度化进程中。
