Vasily Plotnikov

Soviet and Uzbek entomologist (1878–1959)

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Also known as Vasily Ilyich Plotnikov · V. I. Plotnikov · W. Plotnikow · V. I. Plotnikow · Vasilij Il'jitsch Plotnikov

Born: January 11, 1878
, December 30, 1877
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1.Stated in Biographies of the Entomologists of the WorldRetrieved 2018-07-18
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Died: November 11, 1959
Birthplace: Tomsk
Place of death: Lviv
Occupation: entomologist
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1.Stated in Biographies of the Entomologists of the WorldRetrieved 2018-07-18
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Vasily Ilyich Plotnikov was a Soviet and Uzbek entomologist. Plotnikov was the founder and long-serving director of the Turkestan Entomological Station in Tashkent (1911–1932), the first pest control research and experimental institution in Central Asia. He is regarded as a founding figure in agricultural entomology in Central Asia. Plotnikov authored the first comprehensive reference book on Central Asian crop pests and their control (1926). Plotnikov was also the founder and first chairman of the Turkestan Entomological Society (1923).

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Biographies of the Entomologists of the WorldRetrieved 2018-07-18
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Field of work: agricultural entomology
Author citation (zoology): Plotnikow

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