Jan Lužný

Jan Lužný, CSc. (4 February 1926, Liptovský Mikuláš – 29 January 2013, Olomouc) was a Czech plant-breeder and expert on the gardening.^[1][2] Between 1965 - 1992 he gave lectures at the University of Agriculture in Brno (current name: Mendel University Brno).^[3] He wrote more than 70 papers about plant-breeding. After his retirement, he was amateur historian and publicized also many articles about local history of Čechůvky.^[4]

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 s.
• Use of epispermoscopic analysis in seed assessment. [Brno], 1982.

Honors and awards

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

References

1. Salaš, Petr. "Prof. Ing. Jan Lužný, CSc., nestárnoucí nestor zahradnictví". zahradaweb.cz. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
2. Řezníček, Vojtěch; Salaš, Petr; Lužný, Jan (2002), České osobnosti výzkumu a šlechtění okrasných, ovocných rostlin a révy vinné ve XX. století (1. ed.), Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, p. 174, ISBN 80-7157-637-9
3. Jakábová, A.; Hričovský, I. (February 13, 2006), K životnému jubileu prof. Ing. Jana Lužného, CSc., retrieved 27 March 2013
4. Bartková, Hana (27 February 2013). "Zemřel Jan Lužný – čechůvský patriot a přední zahradnický odborník". Radniční listy (Prostějov). p. 28.