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SUMMARY:Elias Landolt (1926 – 2013)\, father of modern duckweed research
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Klaus J. Appenroth (4Department of Plant Physiology\
 , Matthias-Schleiden-Institute\, Friedrich-Schiller- University of Jena\,)
 \nThe late Elias Landolt was famous as the unquestionable top scientific e
 xpert on the plant family of Lemnaceae\, commonly called duckweed or water
  lentils. He was an honorary member of the Swiss Botanical Society\, a Pro
 fessor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (“Eidgenössi
 sch Technische Hochschule”\, ETH) and director of the Geobotanical Insti
 tute until his retirement in 1993. Interestingly\, he did not start his sc
 ientific career by investigating duckweeds nor was he only focused on duck
 weed research during his scientific life. He published more than 70 papers
  on Lemnaceae and more than 150 papers about other topics\, mainly related
  to the flora of Switzerland and of Zurich in specific. He wrote a two vol
 ume book “The family of Lemnaceae - a monographic study”\, volume 2 to
 gether with Riklef Kandeler\, with approximately 3000 references\, which i
 s available in internet (1\, 2). His collection of living Lemnaceae specie
 s\, which exceeded much more than 1000 clones\, remains “the invaluable 
 legacy” also for further duckweed research. (cf. Duckweed Forum 41\, 47-
 54 (2023)). In this year we celebrate the 100th birthday of the father of 
 modern duckweed research.\n\nhttps://indico.unina.it/event/117/contributio
 ns/2939/
LOCATION:Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Napoli F
 ederico II\, Portici\, Italy Sala Cinese
URL:https://indico.unina.it/event/117/contributions/2939/
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