Nikolai Vavilov
✓ Source-basedrisingRussian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
ScientistsLived 1887 to 1943 · aged 55
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Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.
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Vavilov's 1924 scheme of centers of origin suggested that plants were domesticated in China, Hindustan, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Mediterranean, Abyssinia, Central and South America.![Vavilov created the world's first seed bank in the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad.[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Isaak_square.jpg/500px-Isaak_square.jpg)
Vavilov created the world's first seed bank in the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad.[9]
Vavilov (fifth from left) alongside geneticist Albert Boerger during his visit to Uruguay in 1932
Lysenko speaking at the Kremlin in 1935. Behind him on the far right is Joseph Stalin.
Vavilov's mugshot, 1942
Maize diversity in Vavilov's office
Vavilov on a 1987 Soviet stampAwards 4
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About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1943 · aged 55
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