Abstract
The work analyzes and systematizes the achievements of professor V. F. Nikolaiev (1889-1973) in the field of subtropical plant growing in the 1920-1930th, in particular such plants as papaw, acacia, guayula, eucalyptus, etc. According to the results of the study, V. F. Nikolaiev was the first to determine the significant polymorphism of guayula, describing his own classification of the guayula’s forms, which remains unchanged till today. On the basis of the analysis of V. F. Nikolaiev’s publications it is found out that during his period of activity in the Sukhumi department of the All[1]Union Institute of Applied Botany and New Plants, the scientist’s talent as a plant biologist of the subtropical flora was revealed. The results of his research were of great practical importance and contributed to the country’s economic development. The scholar’s works devoted to the solving of this problem are highly informative and are actual to some extent even nowadays. The author investigated the participation of V. F. Nikolaiev in an expedition in Central and South America headed by Yu.M. Voronov with the aim of searching such rubber plants that could be effectively cultivated in the south of the USSR. The development of the national economy and the army’s needs make the search for raw materials for the rubber manufacture actual. The leading directions of the scientist’s research practices in Sukhumi and Dushanbe (Tadjikistan) in the field of subtropical plants were observed. Along with the research work, his professional biography at the positions of Professor, Head of the Subtropical Technical Cultures Department of the Sukhumi Institute of Subtropical Cultures is revealed.
Keywords
V. F. Nikolaiev, subtropical plant growing, guayula, Australian acacia, eucalyptus, selection, experiments, tanning material
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