Mikhail Khristoforovich Chailakhyan ( hy, Միքայել Քրիստափորի Չայլախյան, russian: Михаи́л Христофо́рович Чайлахя́н) (1902–1991) was an
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scientist
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who is widely known for proposing the existence of a universal plant hormone that is involved in flowering. He named this hormone
florigen in 1936. His studies included the mechanisms of flowering, tuberization and sex expression in plants. His pioneer work included the agricultural applications of phytohormones and synthetic analogs.
[Aksenova, P. 2002. Problems of growth and development in the studies by M.Kh. Chailakhyan. Russian journal of Plant Physiology 49(4) 434-437.]
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1902 births
1991 deaths
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Yerevan State University alumni
Academic staff of Yerevan State University
Soviet Armenians
Armenian biologists
Armenian botanists
Soviet biologists
Soviet botanists
Plant physiologists
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star