Victor Zotov

Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (16 September 1908 – 26 May 1977) was a New Zealand botanist.

Victor Dmitrievich Zotov
BornSeptempber 16, 1908
Vladivostok
DiedMay 26, 1977(1977-05-26) (aged 68)
Christchurch
NationalityNew Zealand
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Poaceae
InstitutionsDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research
Author abbrev. (botany)Zotov

Zotov was born in Vladivostok, Russia and in 1924, together with his parents, immigrated to New Zealand, after the Russian Revolution. He attended Feilding Agricultural High School from 1925-1927, where he was taught by H.H.Allan, with whom he went to work in 1928 (having written his first scientific paper)[1][2] at the Plant Research Station in Palmerston North. In 1936 this became the Plant Research Bureau within the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and he continued working in the Botany Division of this organisation until his retirement in 1968.[3][2]

Zotov's primary research interest was in New Zealand grasses, writing papers on canary grasses, Arundinoideae and especially Gramineae. He was also interested in the vegetation of the Tararua Ranges where he enjoyed tramping, and additionally published on soil erosion.[3][2]

Selected publications
  • (1928) Observations and experiments on the suckling clover content of the pastures on the school farm. Feilding Agricultural College Bulletin 7: 9-11
  • Zotov, V.D. (1940). "Certain types of soil erosion and resultant relief features on the higher mountains of New Zealand". New Zealand of Science and Technology. 21B: 256–262.
  • Zotov, V.D. (1971). "Simplicia T. Kirk (Gramineae)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (3): 539–544. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430200. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf
  • Zotov, V.D. (1971). "Zoysia Willd. (Gramineae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (4): 639–644. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430226. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf</ref>
  • Zotov, V.D. (1973). "Hierochloe R. Br. (Gramineae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 11 (3): 561–580. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1973.10430299. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf

Some published names

References
  1. Zotov, V.D. (1928) Observations and experiments on the suckling clover content of the pastures on the school farm. Feilding Agricultural College Bulletin 7: 9-11
  2. Thomson, A. D. (1977). "Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (1908–1977)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 15 (4): 781–784. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1977.10429649. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf
  3. Dell, R. K (2000). "Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich 1908 - 1977". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  4. IPNI.  Zotov.
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