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
Jai Krishna
Jai Krishna, Indian structural engineer (Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh 27 January 1912 – Roorkee, Haridwar District, Uttarakhand State 27 September 1999) Brought original ideas to design of earthquake resistant structures Developed methods to strengthening buildings to earthquake resistance (adopted in India and abroad) Designed and fabricated seismic instruments
Jagmohan Nath Kapoor
Jagmohan Nath Kapoor, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (1930- PLANT PATHOLOGY With N. N. Khune. Phoma canker: a new disease of pigeonpea. PKV Res. Journal 5:101-2, 1981 With R.L. Munjal. Carica papaya: a new host of Sphaerotheca fuliginea (1973) With G. Lall & R.L. Munjal. A new leaf spot disease of maize in India. Phytopathol. 16(2):240-1, 1963 DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genus Koorchalomella with Chona & Munjal 1958 Species About 70 HONORS Kapooria Reid & Booth 1989 (Fungi)
Jae Won Kang
Jae Won Kang, South Korean phycologist (Sacheun 17 September 1926 – Pusan 02 May 1993) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Unrecorded species of marine algae in Korea. Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 1:33-45, 1956 The summer algal flora of Cheju Island (Quelpart Island) Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 3(1-2):17-23, 1960 With M. Noda. Notes on the marine algae of Woolyungdo Island in the Japan Sea. Bull. Jap. Soc. Phycol. 12:39-43, 1964 Marine algae of Ulreungdo Island in Japan Sea. Bull. Pusan Fish. Coll. 6:41-58, 1965 On the geographical distribution of marine algae in Korea. Bull. Pusan Fish. College 7(1-2):1-225, 1966 With C.H. Park. Marine algae of Dok-Do (Liancourt Rocks) in the Sea of Japan (1969) With J.W. Lee. The marine algae of Goje-do area. Rep. KACN 14:93-101, 1978 With C.H. Sohn. Some crustose red algae in Korea. (1980) With C.H. Sohn & C.W. Lee. The summer marine algal flora of Uido and Maeseom, Southwestern coast of Korea. Rep. KACN 16:95-107, 1980 With C.H. Sohn & C.W. Lee. Summer algal flora of Gogunsan Islands, Western coast of Korea. Rep. KACN 18:103-7, 1980 Some seaweed disease occurred at seaweed farms along the south-eastern coast of Korea (1981) With C.B. Song. Notes on Some Unrecorded Marine Algae in Korea. Ocean Polar Res. 7(2), 1985 HONORS Subgenus Kangjaewonia K.W. Nam 1999 (Rhodophyta)