Salomón Horovitz Yarcho, Jewish Argentine plant geneticist (Villaguay, Entre Rios Province 12 November 1897 – Maracay 06 January 1978)

ACHIEVEMENTS 

Obtained the bitter maize  

Studied the genetic sex determination in papaya

Proposed improvement of banana by sexual pathway 

DISCOVERED GENES IN MAIZE

Amargo (ag) 1942 with A. Marchioni

Luteo Maculata (lu) (1941)

Azucarado (sux) 1941 with A. Machioni & H. Fisher

Siamensis, nuevo caracter hereditario del maiz (1936)

Nuevo gen del cuarto cromosoma del maiz (1942)

HONORS  

Horovitzia Badillo 1993 (Caricaceae)