Hiroshi Nagai, Japanese-born Brazilian plant breeder and pathologist (Tokyo 17 July 1935 – Campinas, São Paulo State 2003)

Authored over 100 scientific and popular works

Developed heat and disease-resistant cultivars of lettuce, pepper, sweet pepper, okra, and tomato

DEVELOPED CULTIVARS

Tomato

Angela (1969)

Angela Gigante (1976)

Angela Gigante I-5.100 (1978)

IAC-Santa Clara (1985)

Lettuce

Brasil 48 (1973)

Brasil 202 & 221 (1977)

Brasil 303, 304 & 311 (1979)

Brasil serie 600 (1987)

Pepper

Agronomico 10 G (1971)

Agronomico 11 (1972)

Agronomico 4 (1973)

IAC Ubatuba (1987)

Sweet Pepper

Myr 10

Myr 29

Agronomico 8 (1968)

Agronomico 9 (1971)

Agronomico 13 (1985)

Okra

Campinas 2 IAC-4076 (1968)

HONOURS

BRS Nagai Tomato