Elisabeth Boyko (24 September 1892 – 14 December 1985) was an Austrian-Israeli botanist noted for pioneering the use of salt water for irrigation of desert plants in Israel, alongside her husband Hugo Boyko.[1][2][3][4] She received the William F. Petersen Award from the International Society of Biometeorology.[5]
Elisabeth Boyko | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 September 1892 |
| Died | 14 December 1985 |
| Nationality | Austrian-Israeli |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Known for | William F. Petersen Award |
| Spouse | Hugo Boyko |
Selected works
edit- Boyko, Elisabeth (1952). The building of a desert garden: the first year's experience of Elath at the north-eastern shore of the Red Sea. OCLC 474000312.
- Boyko, H; Boyko, Elisabeth (1959). Seawater irrigation: a new line of research on a bioclimatological plant-soil complex. International Society of Bioclomatiology and Biometeorology. OCLC 777926192.
- Boyko, Hugo; Boyko, Elisabeth (1964). Principles and Experiments Regarding Direct Irrigation with Highly Saline and Sea Water Without Desalination. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
References
edit- ^ Bauer, Clayton C. (April 1964). "Desert Hope - Salt-Water Irrigation". The Rotarian. Rotary International: 26–29. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Glenn, Edward P.; Brown, J. Jed; O’Leary, James W. (1998). "Irrigating Crops with Seawater". Scientific American. 279 (2): 76–81. Bibcode:1998SciAm.279b..76G. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0898-76. JSTOR 26070601.
- ^ Doerr, Arthur H.; Coling, Jerome F.; William S. Kerr, III (1970). "Agricultural Evolution in Israel in the Two Decades since Independence". Middle East Journal. 24 (3): 319–337. JSTOR 4324615.
- ^ Ventura, Yvonne; Eshel, Amram; Pasternak, Dov; Sagi, Moshe (February 2015). "The development of halophyte-based agriculture: past and present". Annals of Botany. 115 (3): 529–540. doi:10.1093/aob/mcu173. PMC 4332600. PMID 25122652.
- ^ Tromp, Solco Walle; Weihe, Wolf H. (1970). "Proceedings of the 2d- International Biometeorological Congress". Biometeorology: Proceedings of the International Biometeorological Congress. 4. Pergamon Press: 35–36.
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