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Barbara Pickersgill

Barbara Pickersgill (born 1940) is a British botanist with a special interest in the domestication of crops, the genetics, taxonomy, and evolutionary biology of cultivated plants, and the preservation of crop diversity. Her 1966 dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University concerned the taxonomy of Capsicum chinense.[1] Her doctoral advisor was Charles B. Heiser.

Barbara Pickersgill
Pickersgill in 2006

When she was awarded the Linnean Medal it was noted that she "is well known throughout the world for her distinguished investigations on the genetics, cytology and systematics of the genus Capsicum". As well as investigating the origins of domesticated pepper species she also investigated the origins of other cultivated plants, including Vicia, Psophocarpus, Lens, Cicer, Arachis, Ananas, Gossypium, Ipomoea and Zea. She also carried out collecting expeditions to Peru, Brazil, Belize and Papua New Guinea.[2]

In 2005 she retired from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading, to become an Honorary Research Associate. Her research projects include:

Honours edit

In 1993 the Linnean Society of London presented Pickersgill with the Linnean Medal for her contribution to botany.[2]

In 2000 she was the president of the Society for Economic Botany.[3]

On 4 August 2006 the Linnean Society of London organised a one-day conference in honour of Pickersgill.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Barbara Pickersgill (1966). The Variability and Relationships of Capsicum Chinense JACQ. Indiana University.
  2. ^ a b "Record of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society". The Linnean. 9 (3): 30. August 1993.
  3. ^ "Past Presidents (listed by first year of office)". The Society for Economic Botany. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
  4. ^ Plants, people and evolution: a meeting in honor of Barbara Pickersgill, August 2006, held by the Linnean Society of London
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Pickersgill.

External links edit

  • Harvard University Herbaria, Index of Botanists, Author Query for 'Pickersgill'

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