A TRIBUTE TO KORTSCHAK,HUGO,P - THE MAN, THE SCIENTIST AND THE DISCOVERER OF C4-PHOTOSYNTHESIS

被引:4
作者
NICKELL, LG
机构
[1] Nickell Research Inc., Hot Springs Village, 71909, AR
关键词
C4-PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUGARCANE BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMANITARIAN; MUSICIAN; FOSTER FATHER;
D O I
10.1007/BF00014751
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Hugo P. Kortschak, a shy, quiet Quaker with unbelievable generosity toward mankind; an accomplished musician; and a dedicated, tenacious, and brilliant scientist, who spent his entire professional career working for a single employer in a commercially-oriented research organization, made one of the outstanding contributions to biological science of the past century. With his colleagues in the Hawaiian sugar industry, he discovered the C4 pathway of photosynthesis.
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