Lela Viola Barton

Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967) was an American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage.^[1]

Early life

Lela Barton was born in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, on 14 November 1901, the third of five children born to Gaston Reuben and Mary Fannie (née Miller) Barton.^[2]

Career

Barton worked at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Yonkers, in New York City, specializing in seeds.^[1]

Death

Barton died aged 66 at Tucson, Arizona, on 31 July 1967; she was buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Arkansas. She never married.^[3]

Publications

• - (1933). Seedling production of tree peony. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 5. 451–460.
• - (1939). Storage of elm seed. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 10, 221-233.
• - (1936). Germination and seed production in Lilium sp. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 8. 297–309.
• - (1939). Experiments at Boyce Thompson Institute on germination and dormancy in seeds. Sci. Hort. 7. 186–193.
• - & Schroeder, E. M. (1941). Convellaria majalis L. and Silacina racemosa (L.) Desf. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 12. 277–300.
• - (1943). The storage of citrus seed. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 13, 47–55.
• - (1944). Some seeds showing special dormancy. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 13. 259–271.
• - & Thornton, N. C. (1947). Germination and sex population studies of Ilex opaca Ait. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 14. 405–410.
• - & Chandler, C. (1957). Physiological and morphological effects of gibberllic acid on epicotyl dormancy of tree peony. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 19. 201–214.
• - (1960). Storage of seeds of Lobelia cardinalis. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 395–401.
• - (1961). Seed preservation and viability. Leonard Hill, London.
• - (1965). Viability of seeds of Theobrama cacao L. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 23. 109–122.
• - (1966a). Effects of temperature and moisture on viability of stored lettuce, onion, and tomato seed. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 23. 285–290.
• - (1966b). Viability of Pyrethrum seeds. Contrib. Boyce Thomp. Inst. 23, 267&nadsh;268.
• - (1967). Bibliography of Seeds. 858 p., Columbia University Press, New York.
• - & Croker, W. (1990). Physiology of Seeds: An Introduction to the Experimental Study of Seed and Germination Problems. Bishen Singh Mahendrapal Singh, Dehradun
• - (2005). Seeds: Their Preservation And Longevity. Asiatic Publishing House, ISBN 9788187067696

References

1. Harvard University Herbaria, Index of Botanists.
2. Lela Viola Barton, ancestry.com
3. Lela Viola Barton, Find A Grave