Friedrich Gustav Brieger, German-born Brazilian plant geneticist (Breslau 11 October 1900 – Bad Dürrheim, Baden-Württemberg State 06 February 1985)
Authored about 200 scientific works
STATISTICS
Developed Brieger error ratio theta or theta test, a statistical test much similar to Snedecor F test (1946)
Proposed index of variance Coeficiente de variação e índice de variança. Bragantia 2(9): 313-31, 1942
Developed an order test to permit a statistical analysis in cases where the rank correlation coefficient cannot be applied With S. Moreira & Z. Leme. Estudo sobre o melhoramento da laranja Bahia III. Bragantia 1:567-610, 1941 AGRONOMY Developed cultivars of cauliflower, lettuce, tomato and spinach adapted to tropical growing conditions Developed a basic scheme for obtaining synthetic varieties of maize
Considerações sobre o emprego de variedades sintéticas no melhoramento do milho. I. Sintéticos simples. Anais Esc. Sup. Agric. Luiz de Queiroz 8:769-800, 1951 ORCHIDS
Created many hybrids of orchids
DESCRIBED ORCHID GENERA Bolbidium 1981 Campanulorchis 1981 Dockrillia 1981 Garayella 1977 Gunnarorchis 1981 Miltonioides 1983 (with E. Lückel) Pabstiella 1976
ELEVATED TO GENERIC RANK (1981) ORCHIDACEAE Aeridostachya Conostalix Dilochiopsis Dolichocentrum Eriopexis Euphlebium Herpethophytum Kinetochilus Microphytanthe Trachyrhizum Urostachya |
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