Jan Lužný

Jan Lužný, CSc. (4 February 1926, Liptovský Mikuláš – 29 January 2013, Olomouc) was a Czech plant-breeder and expert on 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 became an amateur historian and published 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. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. 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., archived from the original on April 12, 2013, retrieved 27 March 2013
  4. Bartková, Hana (27 February 2013). "Zemřel Jan Lužný – čechůvský patriot a přední zahradnický odborník". Radniční listy. Prostějov. p. 28.


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