Elisabeth Boyko Explained
| Elisabeth Boyko |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1892 |
| Death Date: | 14 December 1985 |
| Nationality: | Austrian-Israeli |
| Occupation: | Botanist |
| Known For: | William F. Petersen Award |
| Spouse: | Hugo Boyko |
Elisabeth Boyko (24 September 1892 - 14 December 1985) was an Austrian-Israeli botanist noted for pioneering the use of salt water for irrigation of desert plants in Israel, alongside her husband Hugo Boyko.[1] [2] [3] [4] She received the William F. Petersen Award from the International Society of Biometeorology.[5]
Selected works
- Book: Boyko . Elisabeth . The building of a desert garden: the first year's experience of Elath at the north-eastern shore of the Red Sea . 1952 . English. 474000312 .
- Book: Boyko . H . Boyko . Elisabeth . Seawater irrigation: a new line of research on a bioclimatological plant-soil complex . 1959 . International Society of Bioclomatiology and Biometeorology . English. 777926192 .
- Book: Boyko . Hugo . Boyko . Elisabeth . Principles and Experiments Regarding Direct Irrigation with Highly Saline and Sea Water Without Desalination . 1964 . 5 October 2018 . en.
Notes and References
- Bauer . Clayton C. . Desert Hope - Salt-Water Irrigation . The Rotarian . April 1964 . 26–29 . 5 October 2018 . Rotary International . en.
- Glenn . Edward P. . Brown . J. Jed . O’Leary . James W. . Irrigating Crops with Seawater . Scientific American . 1998 . 279 . 2 . 76–81 . 26070601 . 10.1038/scientificamerican0898-76 . 1998SciAm.279b..76G .
- Doerr . Arthur H. . Coling . Jerome F. . William S. Kerr . III . Agricultural Evolution in Israel in the Two Decades since Independence . Middle East Journal . 1970 . 24 . 3 . 319–337 . 4324615 .
- Ventura . Yvonne . Eshel . Amram . Pasternak . Dov . Sagi . Moshe . The development of halophyte-based agriculture: past and present . Annals of Botany . February 2015 . 115 . 3 . 529–540 . 10.1093/aob/mcu173 . 25122652 . 4332600 .
- Tromp . Solco Walle . Weihe . Wolf H. . Biometeorology: Proceedings of the International Biometeorological Congress . 1970 . 4 . 35–36 . Proceedings of the 2d- International Biometeorological Congress. Pergamon Press . en.
