Te-Tzu Chang, Taiwanese plant geneticist (Shanghai 03 April 1927 - Tamsui Village, Northern Taiwan 24 March 2006)
Authored over 250 articles
Regarded as world authority on rice genetics and conservation
Developed a new variety of dwarf rice (1962) and other rice varieties
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
The management of rice genetic resources. Genome 31:825-31, 1989
The Ethnobotany of rice in Island Southeast Asia (1988)
Preservation of crop germplasm. Iowa State J. Res. 59:365-78, 1985
Principles of genetic conservation. Iowa State J. Res. 59(4):325-48, 1985
With G.C. Loresto & J.C. O’Toole. Genetic analysis of root characters in rice. SABRAO J. 15:103-16, 1983
The origin, evolution, cultivation, dissemination and diversification of Asian and African rices. Euphytica 25:425-441, 1976
The rice cultures. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London B275:143-57, 1976
With S.K. DeDatta & W.R. Coffman. Breeding methods for upland rice (1975)
Studies on the inheritance of grain shape of rice. Taiwan Agric. Res. 23:9-15, 1974
With G.C. Loresto & O. Tagumpay. Screening rice germplasm for drought resistance. SABRAO J. 6(11):9-16, 1974
With J.C. Zadoks & C.F. Konzak. Decimal code for the growth stages of cereals. Weed Res. 14:415-31, 1974
Field experiments with rice in the tropics with emphasis on variety testing. SABRAO Newsletter 3:59-69, 1971
Genetic basis of adaptability. Intl. Rice Comm. Newsl. 16(4):4-12, 1967
With E. A. Bardenas. The morphology and varietal characteristics of the rice plant. Techn. Bull. Intern. Rice Rep. Inst. 4, 1965
Varietal differences in lodging resistance. Intl. Rice Comm. Newsletter 13(4):1-11, 1964
HONORS
John Scott Award (1969)
International Service in Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy (1980)
Rank Prize in Agronomy and Nutrition, Rank Prize Foundation (1988)
Frank N. Meyer Award and Medal in Plant Germplasm (1990)
Foreign Member, US National Academy of Sciences (1994)
Genus Changii Prasad, Strömberg, Leaché et al. 2011 (Phytolith)