Johanna Döbereiner
Encyclopedia
Johanna Liesbeth Kubelka Döbereiner (28 November 1924 in Ústí nad Labem
- 5 October 2000 in Seropédica
) was a Brazilian agronomist. Her family were German Czechoslovakians who left the country after World War II
. She received her degree from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, but settled in Brazil and became a Brazilian citizen in 1956. Her early work includes studies of Azospirillum and other bacteria that could be useful to Brazilian soil. She later played an important role in Brazil's soybean production by encouraging a reliance on varieties that solely depended on biological nitrogen fixation.
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...
- 5 October 2000 in Seropédica
Seropédica
Seropédica is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 75,032 and its area is 284 km².- Education :The municipality holds the city for Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ....
) was a Brazilian agronomist. Her family were German Czechoslovakians who left the country after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. She received her degree from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, but settled in Brazil and became a Brazilian citizen in 1956. Her early work includes studies of Azospirillum and other bacteria that could be useful to Brazilian soil. She later played an important role in Brazil's soybean production by encouraging a reliance on varieties that solely depended on biological nitrogen fixation.