Name Jack Hawkes | Role Botanist | |
Died September 6, 2007, Reading, United Kingdom Books The Potato: Evolution, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources | ||
John Gregory "Jack" Hawkes OBE FLS (27 June 1915 – 6 September 2007) was a British botanist, Mason Professor of Botany at the University of Birmingham.
He specialised in studying the taxonomy of wild potato species (Solanum sect. Petota), identified sources of resistance to the potato cyst nematode and played a role in establishing programs to maintain agricultural biodiversity.
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