Jan Lužný Explained

Jan Lužný, CSc. (4 February 1926, Liptovský Mikuláš – 29 January 2013, Olomouc) was a Czech plant-breeder and expert on gardening.^[1] Between 1965 and 1992, he gave lectures at the University of Agriculture in Brno. He wrote more than 70 papers about plant-breeding. After his retirement, he became an amateur historian and published many articles about local history of Čechůvky.^[2]

Works

• EUCARPIA breeding and propagation of ornamental plants: papers submitted at the International Symposium of the University of Agriculture Brno, Faculty of Horticulture Lednice na Moravě, Prague September 16.-18.1986. Brno: University of Agriculture, 1986. 194 pp.
• Use of epispermoscopic analysis in seed assessment. [Brno], 1982.

Honors and awards

• G. J. Mendel honorary medal for merit in the biological sciences (2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Ing. Jan Lužný, CSc., nestárnoucí nestor zahradnictví . https://archive.today/20130412055331/http://www.zahradaweb.cz/informace-z-oboru/vyroci/Prof.-Ing.-Jan-Luzny-CSc.-nestarnouci-nestor-zahradnictvi__s1584x56584.html . dead . 12 April 2013 . Salaš . Petr . zahradaweb.cz . 13 March 2013 .
2. News: Bartková. Hana. Zemřel Jan Lužný – čechůvský patriot a přední zahradnický odborník. Radniční listy. Prostějov. 28. 27 February 2013.