Friedrich Gustav Brieger, German-born Brazilian plant geneticist (Breslau 11 October 1900 – Bad Dürrheim, Baden-Württemberg State 06 February 1985)
Authored about 200 scientific works
STATISTICS
Developed Brieger error ratio theta or theta test, a statistical test much similar to Snedecor F test (1946)
Proposed index of variance
Coeficiente de variação e índice de variança. Bragantia 2(9): 313-31, 1942
Developed an order test to permit a statistical analysis in cases where the rank correlation coefficient cannot be applied
With S. Moreira & Z. Leme. Estudo sobre o melhoramento da laranja Bahia III. Bragantia 1:567-610, 1941
AGRONOMY
Developed cultivars of cauliflower, lettuce, tomato and spinach adapted to tropical growing conditions
Developed a basic scheme for obtaining synthetic varieties of maize
Considerações sobre o emprego de variedades sintéticas no melhoramento do milho. I. Sintéticos simples. Anais Esc. Sup. Agric. Luiz de Queiroz 8:769-800, 1951
ORCHIDS
Created many hybrids of orchids
DESCRIBED ORCHID GENERA
Bolbidium 1981
Campanulorchis 1981
Dockrillia 1981
Garayella 1977
Gunnarorchis 1981
Miltonioides 1983 (with E. Lückel)
Pabstiella 1976
ELEVATED TO GENERIC RANK (1981) ORCHIDACEAE
Aeridostachya
Conostalix
Dilochiopsis
Dolichocentrum
Eriopexis
Euphlebium
Herpethophytum
Kinetochilus
Microphytanthe
Trachyrhizum
Urostachya