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

ACHIEVEMENTS 

Obtained the bitter maize  

Studied genetics of resistance of bitter maize to Schistocerca paranensis  

Discovered lu gene that is responsible for luteo maculata in maize (1941)

Studied the genetic sex determination in papaya

HONORS  

Horovitzia Badillo 1993 (Caricaceae)