Elisabeth Boyko

Elisabeth Boyko
אליזבת בויקו
Born(1892-09-24)24 September 1892
Died14 December 1985(1985-12-14) (aged 93)
OccupationBotanist
Known forWilliam F. Petersen Award
SpouseHugo Boyko

Elisabeth Boyko (Hebrew: אליזבת בויקו; 24 September 1892 – 14 December 1985) was an Austrian-Israeli botanist noted for pioneering the use of salt water for irrigation of desert plants in Israel, alongside her husband Hugo Boyko. She received the William F. Petersen Award from the International Society of Biometeorology.

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References

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  2. ↑ Glenn, Edward P.; Brown, J. Jed; O’Leary, James W. (1998). "Irrigating Crops with Seawater". Scientific American. 279 (2): 76–81. Bibcode:1998SciAm.279b..76G. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0898-76. JSTOR 26070601.
  3. ↑ Doerr, Arthur H.; Coling, Jerome F.; William S. Kerr, III (1970). "Agricultural Evolution in Israel in the Two Decades since Independence". Middle East Journal. 24 (3): 319–337. JSTOR 4324615.
  4. ↑ Ventura, Yvonne; Eshel, Amram; Pasternak, Dov; Sagi, Moshe (February 2015). "The development of halophyte-based agriculture: past and present". Annals of Botany. 115 (3): 529–540. doi:10.1093/aob/mcu173. PMC 4332600. PMID 25122652.
  5. ↑ Tromp, Solco Walle; Weihe, Wolf H. (1970). "Proceedings of the 2d- International Biometeorological Congress". Biometeorology: Proceedings of the International Biometeorological Congress. 4. Pergamon Press: 35–36.