Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Sciences Scientists

Burbank, Luther

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BURBANK, LUTHER. - American botanist, b. in 1849, d. in 1926. He was the first in the United States to devote himself to selection and hybridization, with very notable results. He was a supporter of the action of the environment on hereditary constitution. "There is no possible doubt," he says, "that every plant form that exists on this earth has been modified and is being modified by the effect of the environment" (L. Burbank, An Architect of Nature, London 1939, p. 139).

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BIBL.: The life of B. is prefaced to the Italian translation of his work entitled: Come si educano le piante, Milan 1941.

Luigi Scremin

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 223.

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Scremin, Luigi. “Burbank, luther.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 223. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/burbank-luther.

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Scremin, Luigi. “Burbank, luther.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 223. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/burbank-luther.

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@incollection{ec3_burbank_luther,
  author    = {Scremin, Luigi},
  title     = {Burbank, luther},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {223},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/burbank-luther}
}

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