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)