Antonio Krapovickas (8 October 1921 – 17 August 2015) was an
Argentine
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agronomist.
Krapovickas received a degree in 1948 in
agronomic engineering from the
University of Buenos Aires and began teaching in 1949 as Professor of
Genetics and Systems Botany at the
University of Córdoba. He later became Professor of Plant
Anatomy at the
National University of Tucumán.
In 1964, he moved to
Corrientes to accept a position at the
National University of the Northeast
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(UNNE), becoming Chair of its Department of Botany and Ecology in 1977. He also founded the university's botanical gardens, es,
Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste or ''Ibone'', with his wife, Dr.
Carmen L. Cristóbal
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.
Krapovickas' research centered on
taxonomy of the family
Malvaceae and biology of species in the genus ''
Arachis'' (
). His publications in these fields, including over 110 papers, 8 book chapters, and a
monograph
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In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
on ''Arachis'' - the genus of the groundnut - that he coauthored with
Walton C. Gregory, are very influential and widely cited.
Awards and distinctions
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John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
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(1953)
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CONICET Research Scientist (1961–1994)
* Director of Ibone (1977–1991)
* President of the ''Sociedad Argentina de Genética'' (1983–1985)
*
Konex Award in Science and Technology recipient (1983)
* ''Centro Argentino de Ingenieros Agrónomos'' (CADIA) Prize recipient (1984)
* Corresponding member of the
Botanical Society of America
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History
The soci ...
(1989)
* ''
Bunge y Born'' Award in Agronomy recipient (1990)
*
Professor emeritus at UNNE (1990)
Publications
:''This list is incomplete.''
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References
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1921 births
2015 deaths
Argentine people of Lithuanian descent
20th-century Argentine botanists
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