Willem Jacobus Van der Linde
Willem Jacobus Van der Linde, South-African plant nematologist (1903 – 1978) Developed many techniques for soil extraction of nematodes SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With J.G. Clemitson & M.E. Crous. Host-parasite relationship of South African root-knot eelworm (Meloidogyne spp.). Sci Bull. Dep. Agric. Techn. Serv. U.S. Africa 385, 16, 1959 The Meloidogyne problem in South Africa. Nematologica 1:177-83, 1956 With S.J. Du Plessis. Inspection of seed potatoes for Government Certification. Farm. S. Africa 29:263-6, 1954 With V. Angelopulo. Root-knot nematodes. Farm. S. Africa 26(302):162-8, 1951 With A.J. Smith & L.J. Neetling. Control of eelworm (with special reference to D-D). Farm. S. Africa 26:263-89, 1948 Eelworm or root gallworm. Farm. S. Africa p.727-36, 1942 A contribution to the study of nematodes. Entom. Mem. Dept. Agric. Forest. U. South Africa 2(3):1-40, 1938 With E.J. Greenstein. The Bradley grass nematode. Farm. S. Africa 13:299-300, 1938 DESCRIBED NEMATODA TAXA (1938) Genera Cuticularia Funaria Species Achromadora pseudomicoletzkyi Aphelenchoides elmiraensis Aphelenchoides oswegoensis Archionchus pseudoperplaxans Chitinotylenchus incognata Cuticularia mathesoni Diplogaster subamericanus Dorylaimus dreyeri Dorylaimus minnsi Dorylaimus renwicki Dorylaimus reynecki Eudorylaimus albionensis Funaria thornei Paratylenchus curvitatus Tylencholaimus cornelli HONORS Vanderlindia Heyns 1964 (Nematoda)
Volkmar Vareschi
Volkmar Vareschi, Austrian-born Venezuelan botanist and plant ecologist (Innsbruck, Tirol 25 May 1906 – Caracas 06 March 1991) Authored over 100 scientific works Internationally known as one of the founders of modern plant ecological physiology and performed pioneering contributions such as water balance in trees and hemi parasite plants First to use lichens as bio indicators in tropical lands DESCRIBED VALID PLANTAE TAXA Elaphoglossum aristeguietae 1966 Elaphoglossum foldatsii 1966 Elaphoglossum latebricolum 1966 Elaphoglossum melancholicum 1966 Elaphoglossum pannieri 1966 Elaphoglossum wurdackii 1966 Elaphoglossum zettleri 1966 Eriosorus lasseri 1966 Grammitis gameriana 1966 Hymenophyllopsis steyermarkii 1966 Hymenophyllopsis universitatis 1966 Lycopodium mirum 1958 Pterozonium steyermarkii 1966 Thelypteris aristeguietae 1966 FUNGI Grimmia meridensis Ramalina dictyota 1956 with Dodge
Villela family
Eurico de Azevedo Villela, Brazilian physician (Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro State 10 September 1883 – Rio de Janeiro 08 March 1962) Described Chagasic cardiopathy With C. Chagas. Forma cardíaca de trypanosomiase americana. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 14(1):5-61, 1922 Developed anti scorpion serum (1906) A simple device for the application of DDT larvicide. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 40(3):353-4, 1946 His son, Eudoro Libanio Villela, biomedical researcher (Vargem Grande do Sul, São Paulo State 02 August 1907 – São Paulo 18 April 2001) He is most known as banker Described histopathologically the fatal cases of yellow fever in which are found accumulations of pigment in Kupffer cells (Villela bodies) Histology of human yellow fever when death is delayed. Arch. Path. 31:665-9, 1941 Improved the Rio Hortega technique for identifying tumors (Rio Hortega-Villela method)
Viegas brothers
Ahmés Pinto Viegas, Brazilian mycologist and plant pathologist (Piracicaba, São Paulo State 30 January 1905 – Piracicaba, São Paulo State 25 March 1986) DESCRIBED PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI (incomplete) Phyllosticta guajavae, (Phyllosticta leaf spot of guava tree) Phyllosticta manihotae (Phyllosticta spot of manihot) Rubber tree leaf spot (1955) Cercospora urenae with Chupp (cercospora leaf spot of Sida cordifolia) Cylindrocladium candelabrum (Cylindrocladium spot on Eucalyptus) Tomentella bambusina 1939 (bamboo drying disease) DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Valid Genera Bilboque 1960 Brasiliomyces 1944 Crauatamyces 1944 Dermatodothella 1944 Dictyostomiopelta 1944 Felisbertia 1944 Kiehlia 1944 Kretzschmariella 1944 Muricopeltis 1944 Porotenus 1960 Queirozia 1944 with Cardoso Telioclipeum 1962 Urupe 1944 Fungi About 250 HONORS (Fungi) Viegasia Batista 1951 Viegasella Inacio & Cannon 2003 His brother, Glauco Pinto Viegas, plant geneticist and breeder (Piracicaba, São Paulo State 05 May 1913 – Campinas, São Paulo State 05 August 1995) With C.A. Krug developed hybrid maize being Brazil the second country in the world with hybrid maize i.e. from its own strains after United States (1939) (Argentina is the second country to have a hybrid maize but your strains were from United States) With C.A. Krug & L. Paoleri developed maize hybrids IA300, IA1932 & IA1952 Studied lines of wheat and sorghum too DEVELOPED NEW MAIZE VARIETIES Asteca (1957) Maya H7974 H3531 H4624 H6999A & B H7974
Victorio Valeri
Victorio Valeri, Brazilian cytologist and histologist (29 July 1923 – 04 January 2009) Coined the term megetism for indicating excess or defficiency of nuclear volume in relation to normal tissue Estudo da relação entre volume nuclear e quantidade de DNA em células normais e patológicas (carcinoma in situ, carcinoma invasivo e cervicite crônica) do colo uterino. Thesis, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (1962) With A.R. Cruz, H.J.S. Brandão & L. Lison. Relationship between cell nuclear volume and desoxyribonucleic acid of cells of normal epithelium, of carcinoma in situ and of invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Acta Cytol. 11(6):488-96, 1967 Proposed a new concept of the constitution of the nasal mucosa With W.T. Anselmo, J.A.A. de Oliveira & R.P. Gonçalves. Morphology of human nasal mucosa on the inferior turbinate: a structural model. Amer. J. Rhin. Aller. 5(1), 1991 Nuclear volume and testosterone-induced changes in secretory activity in the submaxillary gland of mice. Science 120 (3128):984-6, 1954 DEVELOPED METHODS With A.E. Fuentes, J.P. Marcondes de Souza & S. Mascarenhas. Experimental model of electric stimulation of pseudarthrosis healing. Clin. Orthop. Related Res. 183:267-75, 1984 With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. A stereologic study on the thickness of the trophoblastic layer and its regional variation in the human term placenta. Anat. Anzeiger 157(4):257-60, 1983 With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. Eine neue stereologische methode zur Bestimmung der Dicke in einer-Zell-Lage in Zufallsschnitten (A new stereological method for estimating the thickness of a cellular layer on random sections). Mikrosk. 38 (5-6):127-31, 1981 With M.A. Sala & M. Matheus. Estimation of the average diameter of human placenta villi by a stereological method. Microsc. Acta 82(4):339-43, 1979 MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ANIMALS With V.R. de Melo & A.M. Orsi. The fine structure of the swine sweat gland. II. The coiled ducts. Acta Morphol. Neerl-Scand. 23(1):47-52, 1985 With V.R. de Melo & A.M. Orsi. The fine structure of the swine sweat gland. I. The acini. Anat. Anz. 156(1):51-6, 1983 With H. Warshawsky, A. Haddad, R.P. Gonçalves & F.L. de Lucca. Fine structure of the venom gland epithelium of the South American rattlesnake and radioautographic studies of protein formation by the secretory cells. Am. J., Anat. 138(1):79-119, 1973 With R.P. Gonçalves, A.R. Cruz & E.M. Laicine. Tubular structure within the granular endoplasmic reticulum of the pars intermedia of toad hypophysis. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 35(1):197-200, 1971
Vertiz family
Ricardo Jacinto Francisco Javier Antonio Alonso Ligorio Vertiz Berruecos, Mexican ophthalmologist (Ciudad de Mexico 16 August 1848 – Ciudad de Mexico 12 November 1888) Developed a procedure for improvement of stumps from ocular enucleation (1887) Developed a method of cataract extraction Proposed a special and indirect conversion procedure for oblique deliveries His ability for cataract surgery was recognized in France His uncle, Francisco Xavier Pedro de Jesus Vertiz Delgado, Mexican surgeon (Ciudad de Mexico September 1817 – Ciudad de Mexico August 1849) Invented metallic retractors for amputations