Benedito de Oliveira Paiva, Brazilian agronomist (Pirapetinga, Minas Gerais State 12 November 1889 – Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul State 26 March 1974)
Performed studies about plant tolerance to toxic aluminium of soils
Proposed a scale to characterizing the wheat sensibility to acidity of soils
Seleção e adubo (1944). This work was translated into English as Selection and Fertilization in the annals of congress Plant Adaptation to Mineral Stress in Problem Soils occurred in Beltsville, Maryland, United States (1976)
DEVELOPED VARIETIES & CULTIVARS
Wheat
Colonias
Trintanni
Trapeano
Trintecinco
Patriarca
Novosurto
Riosulino
Farrapo
Combate
Nordeste
Planalto
Alegrete
Seberi
Toropi
Others
Quarentão (maize)
Moravia 2 (oat)
LINKS
Www.cnpt.embrapa.br/pesquisa/agromet/pdf/trigo_rumo/trigo_no_brasil.pdf