Biography
Petr was born on May 13, 1931 Hradec Králové,Memberships in Professional Societies
* Member of the Czech Academy of Agriculture, Prague, now honorary member * State Committee for Scientific Degree, 12 years * State Committee for Seed Testing (1990-1995 chairman) * State Committee for Organic Agriculture * Member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement * The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic - 6 years in the post of the chairman * Member of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences * Member of the European Society for Agronomy until 2002 * Honorary member of the Scientific board of the Czech University of Agriculture Prague * Chairman of the editorial board of the scientific journal ''Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica'' SAB (1990–2010) * Chairman of the editorial board of the Journal for Agricultural Practice ÚRODA (The Yield)Field of Research and Publications
Main task agricultural basic and practical research; growth and development processes during ontogenesis in cereals and pulse crops (legumes); biology of cereals; the growth regulators in cereals; the formation of the biological and economy yield in cereals and pulse crops (pea and bean); the effect of weather on crop production, integrated crop husbandry; alternative and ecological agriculture, quality of cereals from conventional and ecological agriculture; quality of cereals for different commercial use. * Petr, J., Černý, Hruška et al.: Yield Formation in the Main Field Crops, (in Czech ), Prague 1980, in English published by the publishing house Elsevier Amsterdam 1988, in German DLG Berlin 1983, in Russian by the publishing house Moscow Kolos 1984, in Hungarian in the publishing house Mezögazdasági Kiádó, Budapest 1985 * Petr, J. ed.: Weather and Yield (in Czech), Prague 1987. In English by Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1991, in Russian published by Moscow Agroizdat, 1990 * Petr, J. et al.: Intensive Cereal Husbandry (in Czech) Prague, 1983, in Russian by Moscow Agroizdat, 1985 * Petr, J., Dlouhý et al.: Ecological Agriculture (in Czech) Prague 1992 * Petr, J.: Millet - 60 pp. In: Moudry et al. Buckwheat and millet (in Czech), Prague 2006 Additional more than 600 scientific papers and lectures.Honours and awards
* 1984 ** Winner of the Literary Prize of the Literary Fund the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences for the books: Tvorba výnosu hlavních polních plodin (Formation of the Yield of Main Field Crops). This publication was awarded also in Russian translation in Moscow. ** Other awarded books: Počasí a výnosy (Weather and Yields) and Intenzivní obilnářství (Intensive Cereals Management). * 1981 ** "Gold Ear" and Gold Medal of the Academy of Agriculture, Czech Republic * 1991 ** Medal of the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno ** Medal of the Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra ** Medal of the South Bohemia University, České Budějovice * 1999 ** Doctor Honoris Causa at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala * 2002 ** Komenský Medal from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic ** Gold Medal of the Czech University of Agriculture Prague * 2006 * Great sculpture The God of Fertility Ops to the tribute of the First Centenary of Agricultural University in PragueExternal links
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Literature
* Ceska Zemedelska Universita v Praze: Ceremonial Session of the Scientific Board of the CUA Prague 12 September 2006; . * Petr, Jiri: Hrsg. Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 2007 CS ISSN 1211-3174. * Gerber, Theophil: Persönlichkeiten aus Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Veterinärmedizin; Biographisches Lexikon, NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin, * Raupp, Manfred (Hrsg; tschechisch): Aktualne problemy ochrana rastlin; Sympozium Stary Smokovec 1986 und 1990. * Raupp, Manfred (Hrsg); Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Elements of “Marketing Mix“; Basel, Moskau, Prag; 1994. * Raupp, Manfred: The Debate concerning the Effects of Bioinformatics on Food Production, Dedicaded to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jiri Petr to his birthday, Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica CZU Prague 2001; CS ISSN 1211-3174. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petr, Jiri 1931 births Scientists from Hradec Králové Czech agronomists Czech Technical University in Prague alumni 2014 deaths Academic staff of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague 20th-century agronomists 21st-century agronomists