Carlos M. Ochoa

Carlos Manuel Ochoa Nieves (27 November 1920, Cusco - † 11 December 2008, Lima) was a Peruvian plant breeder, botanist, ethnobotanist and expert in potato taxonomy.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Cusco, Peru, Ochoa received degrees from the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia and from the University of Minnesota, USA. For a long time Ochoa worked as a wheat and potato breeder. He created important Peruvian potato varieties including Renacimiento, Yungay, and Tomasa Condemayta.

Ochoa collected many native potato varieties and wild potato species. One third of the nearly 200 known wild potato species were first described by him.

Ochoa was professor emeritus of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru. In 1971, he joined the International Potato Center. He received many international awards, including Distinguished Economic Botanist and the William Brown award for Plant Genetic Resources.

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ Balaguer, Graves, ed. (2001). The Potato, Treasure of the Andes : From Agriculture to Culture. Lima: International Potato Center. ISBN 9789290602057.
  2. ↑ JSTOR. JSTOR http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000025683. Retrieved 28 September 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Author Query for 'Ochoa'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

Some of his life in

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