Julio German Koslowsky
Julio Germán Koslowsky, Latvian-born Argentine naturalist and etnographer (Steinholm or Akmensala, near Riga, Latvia 15 September 1866 – Huemules, Chubut Province 22 September 1923) DESCRIBED VALID HERPETOLOGICAL TAXA Amphibia Species Hypsiboas riojanus 1895 Telmatobius hauthali 1895 Reptilia Genus Pseudotomodon 1896 Species Apostolepis intermedia 1898 Bothrops burmeisteri 1895 Leiosaurus catamarcensis 1898 Liolaemus andinus 1895 Liolaemus anomalus 1896 Liolaemus boulengeri 1896 Liolaemus dorbignyi 1898 Liolaemus elongatus 1896 Liolaemus montanus 1898 Liolaemus multicolor 1898 Liolaemus ornatus 1898 Liolaemus rothi 1898 Liophis sagittifer 1896 Lygophis elegantissimus 1895 Ophiodes striatus 1898 Philodryas mattogrossensis 1898 Phymaturus patagonicus 1898 Rhadinea modesta 1896 Subspecies Liophis sagittifer modestus 1896 Phyllopezus pollicaris przewalskyi 1895
João Geraldo Kuhlmann
João Geraldo Kuhlmann, Brazilian botanist (Blumenau, Santa Catarina State 02 December 1882 – Rio de Janeiro 13 March 1958) Son of German immigrants Brother in Law of botanist Frederico C. Hoehne World authority on botanical systematics Patented the utilization of palm petioles for replacing imported cork DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Families Perisdicaceae 1950 Duckeodendraceae 1950 Valid Genera Clinostemon 1928 with Sampaio Cyrillopsis 1925 Dialypetalanthus 1925 Didymocistus 1940 Duckeodendron 1925 Goniodiscus 1933 Hydrogaster 1935 Merianthera 1935 Paradrypetes 1935 Paratecoma 1931 Spheneria 1922 Sterigmapetalum 1925 Species 108 HONORS Genus Kuhlmanniodendron Fiaschi & Groppo 2008 (Achariaceae) Honorary President, International Botanical Congress at Tucumán, Argentina (1940), Stockholm, Sweden (1950) and Paris, France (1954)
Jorge Kiehl
Jorge Kiehl, Brazilian plant pathologist and mycologist (died 1942) Authored with A.S. Costa. Uma moléstia da batatinha. Necrose do topo causada pelo vírus de “vira cabeça”. J. Piracicaba 1:193-202, 1938 HONORS Kiehlia Viegas 1944 (Fungi)
Johan Diederik Mohr Keet
Johan Diederik Mohr Keet, South African botanist and forester (Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province 28 December 1882 – 09 November 1967) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY A florestation and conservation in South West Africa (1927) Treeplanting in Orange Free State, Griqualand, West Bechuanaland and north-eastern districts of the Cape Province (1929) Soil erosion and allied problems in South Africa (1935) Report on drift sands in South Africa (1936) Rainfall and stream-flow at the Cape. J.S. Afr. For. Ass. 4, 1940 National timber supply in the post-war transition period. J. S. Afr. For. Assoc. (1944) Exploitation of indigenous timber and allied questions in S. W. Africa (1947) Forests of the Okavango native territory. J. S. Afr. For Ass. 19:78-88, 1950 The place of wattle bark in the leather trade. J. S. Afr. For. Ass. 1:51-2, 1958 A thinning formula for Pinus patula. South African Forestry Journal 62:9-14, 1967 HONORS Keetia E. Phillips 1926 (Rubiaceae)
Jaswant Singh Kanwar
Jaswant Singh Kanwar, Indian pedologist and agricultural chemist (Khera Kalmot, Hoshiarpur, Punjab 10 December 1922 – 01 March 2019) Authored over 300 publications Identified deficiency of zinc and iron in citrus and other crops and the toxicity of boron in saline-alkali soils SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.S. Brar. Chemical characteristics of soil as affected by long-term application of fertilizers under mango cultivation. J. Res. Punjab Agric. University 23:201-8, 1986 With T.J. Rego & N. Seetharama. Fertilizer and water use efficiency in peal-millet and sorghum in vertisols and alfisols of semi-arid India. Fert. News 29:42-52, 1984 With T.J. Rego. Fertilizer use and watershed management in rainfed areas for increasing crop production. Fertilizer News 28:33-43, 1983 With J. Kampen & S.M. Virmani. Management of vertisols for maximizing crop production – ICRISAT experience (1982) With B.S. Kanwar. Effect of residual sodium carbonate in irrigation waters on plant and soil. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 41:54-66, 1974 Balanced fertilizer use for maximizing returns from wheat on cultivator’s fields. Fertil. News 17(11), 1972 Crop characteristics in relation to fertilizer use. Bull. Ind. Soc. Soil Sciences 8:115-9, 1970 With J.L. Sehgal & D.R. Bhumbla. Relationship between some indices of salinme sodic soils. J. Ind. Soc. Soil Sci. 11:39-44, 1963 With R. Deo. Potassium and magnesium in irrigation water and their effects on the physico-chemical properties of soil. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 17:217-26, 1969 With J.S. Grewal. Behaviour of ammonium fertilizers in soil. Res. Ludhiana. 3:345-9, 1966 Witl S.L. Chopra. Availability of sulphur in sandy loam soils of Ludhiana. Ind. J. Agric. Sci. 36:278-84, 1966 With J.S. Grewal. Relationship between forms of soil potassium and particle size (1966) With D.R. Bhumbla & N.T. Singh. Studies on the reclamation of saline and sodic soils in the Punjab. Ind. J. Agric. Sci. 35:43-51, 1965 Quality of irrigation water as an index of its suitability for irrigation purposes. Potash Rev. 18:1-13, 1961 Reclaiming deteriorated soils. Fertil. News 6(2):19-21, 1961 Phosphate extraction from soils using sodium versenate. Aust. Conf. Soil Sci. Adelaide 1(2):14, 1958 Influence of organic matter on copper fixation in soil. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 2:73-80, 1954 With S.D. Nijhawan. Physiochemical properties of earthworm casting and their effect on the productivity of soil. Indian J. Agric. (1952) HONOURS Honorary Member, International Union of Soil Sciences (1990)
James William Kitching
James William Kitching, South African paleontologist (Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province 06 February 1922 – Johannesburg 24 December 2003) Respected as the best fossil hunter of the world Collected and identified thousands of fossil specimens DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Reptilia Alopecorhynchus 1953 with Brink Aloposauroides 1953 with Brink Antetonitrus 2003 with Yates Australochelys 1994 with Gaffney Broomicephalus 1953 with Brink Bullacephalus 2003 with Rubidge Cystecinodon 1953 with Brink Cyniscopoides 1953 with Brink Dracocephalus 1953 with Brink Gomphodontoides 1953 with Brink Inusitatodon 1953 with Brink Lumkuia 2001 with Hopson Pedaeosaurus 1981 with Colbert Proalopecopsis 1951 with Brink Rhigosaurus 1981 with Colbert Sycocephalus 1953 with Brink Amphibia Eolydekkerina 1996 with Shishkin & Rubidge Laidleria 1958 Vanastega 2003 with Damiani Mammalia Brachygnathopithecus 1952 Gigantohyrax 1965 HONORS (Fossil Reptilia) Kitchinganomodon Maisch 2002 Kitchingnathus Cisneros 2008 Kombuisia Hotton 1974