Mariya Zerova

Mariya Zerova
Марія Яківна Зерова
Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova
Born
Maria Yakivna

(1902-04-07)April 7, 1902
Koziatyn[1]
DiedJuly 21, 1994(1994-07-21) (aged 92)
Kyiv[1]
NationalityUkrainian
Other namesMarija Jakovlevna Zerova; Mariya Yakivna Zerova; Marija Serowa
CitizenshipUkraine
SpouseDmitry Zerov[1]
ChildrenMarina Zerovyh[1]
AwardsState Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, 1983
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
Theses
  • Pleomorphism of some ascomycetes  (1942)
  • Study of the microflora of the USSR and mycorrhiza of the steppe part of Ukraine  (1969)
Author abbrev. (botany)Zerova

Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova, alternately Marija Jakovlevna Zerova, (Ukrainian: Марія Яківна Зерова; April 7, 1902 – July 21, 1994) was a Ukrainian biologist and taxonomist known for her work in mycology.[1]

Her research included work on ectrotrophic mycorrhiza and fungal diseases of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) and beet (Beta sp). She made a major contribution to the multi-volume books of the Determination of Mushrooms of Ukraine published between 1967 and 1979. Her collection of 12,000 specimens of fungi and plants is now held in the National Herbarium of Ukraine.

  1. ^ a b c d e Дудка, І. О. (2010). ЗЕ́РОВА Марія Яківна (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 9789660220744. Retrieved April 2, 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)