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'''Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf''' (born in [[Atchison, Kansas]] on July 20, 1899; died July 22, 1989) was an American botanist and agronomist.<ref>{{cite newspaper|author=Fowler, Gene|title=Paul Mangelsdorf, Botanist, 90; Tracked Corn to Primitive Maize|newspaper=NY Times|date=28 July 1989|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/28/obituaries/paul-mangelsdorf-botanist-90-tracked-corn-to-primitive-maize.html}}</ref> His father was a Prussian immigrant and his mother was also German. He studied at [[Kansas State University]] when it was still the "Kansas State Agricultural College."<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/986781 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 135, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 469-472]</ref> After graduating he furthered his studies at [[Harvard University]]. He is noted for studying the origins and hybridization of [[maize]]. Hence he co-wrote the book ''The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives'' with Robert G. Reeves. They worked on a "Tripartite theory" of origin.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Qt19PqNdlLQC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=%22Paul+Christoph+Mangelsdorf&source=web&ots=3oNDaQFxTD&sig=L-NsXSvnXR55ip122X31AR75a6M&hl=en#PPA149,M1 A Lifetime in the Quest for the Origins of Corn* by Surinder M. Seghal" in Maize Genetics and Breeding in the 20th Century edited by Peter A. Peterson, Angelo Bianchi]</ref> According to the horticultural authority [[Noel Kingsbury]], this theory enjoyed broad support on the strength of Mangelsdorf's "undisputed... reign as the international emperor of corn." However, advances in molecular genetics discredited the tripartite model in favor of the rival position of [[George Wells Beadle|George Beadle]], which identified corn as a domesticated offspring of [[teosinte]].<ref>Kingsbury, Noel (2009). ''Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding.'' University of Chicago Press.</ref>
'''Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf''' (born in [[Atchison, Kansas]] on July 20, 1899; died July 22, 1989) was an American botanist and agronomist.<ref>{{cite newspaper|author=Fowler, Gene|title=Paul Mangelsdorf, Botanist, 90; Tracked Corn to Primitive Maize|newspaper=NY Times|date=28 July 1989|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/28/obituaries/paul-mangelsdorf-botanist-90-tracked-corn-to-primitive-maize.html}}</ref> His father was a Prussian immigrant and his mother was also German. He studied at [[Kansas State University]] when it was still the "Kansas State Agricultural College."<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/986781 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 135, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 469-472]</ref> After graduating he furthered his studies at [[Harvard University]]. He is noted for studying the origins and hybridization of [[maize]]. Hence he co-wrote the book ''The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives'' with Robert G. Reeves. They worked on a "Tripartite theory" of origin.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Qt19PqNdlLQC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=%22Paul+Christoph+Mangelsdorf&source=web&ots=3oNDaQFxTD&sig=L-NsXSvnXR55ip122X31AR75a6M&hl=en#PPA149,M1 A Lifetime in the Quest for the Origins of Corn* by Surinder M. Seghal" in Maize Genetics and Breeding in the 20th Century edited by Peter A. Peterson, Angelo Bianchi]</ref> According to the horticultural authority [[Noel Kingsbury]], this theory enjoyed broad support on the strength of Mangelsdorf's "undisputed... reign as the international emperor of corn." However, advances in molecular genetics discredited the tripartite model in favor of the rival position of [[George Wells Beadle|George Beadle]], which identified corn as a domesticated offspring of [[teosinte]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kingsbury, Noel|year=2009|title=Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding|publisher=University of Chicago Press|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Hybrid.html?id=dGSj-CFxk-QC}}</ref>


Mangelsdorf was in 1951 the president of the [[American Society of Naturalists]].<ref>[http://www.amnat.org/about/history/past-ec.html Past Officers of the ANS]</ref>
Mangelsdorf was in 1951 the president of the [[American Society of Naturalists]]<ref>[http://www.amnat.org/about/history/past-ec.html Past Officers of the ANS]</ref> and in 1955 the president of the [[Genetics Society of America]].<ref>[http://www.genetics-gsa.org/about/past_officers.shtml Past and Present GSA Officers, Genetics Society of America]</ref>




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Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf (born in Atchison, Kansas on July 20, 1899; died July 22, 1989) was an American botanist and agronomist.[1] His father was a Prussian immigrant and his mother was also German. He studied at Kansas State University when it was still the "Kansas State Agricultural College."[2] After graduating he furthered his studies at Harvard University. He is noted for studying the origins and hybridization of maize. Hence he co-wrote the book The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives with Robert G. Reeves. They worked on a "Tripartite theory" of origin.[3] According to the horticultural authority Noel Kingsbury, this theory enjoyed broad support on the strength of Mangelsdorf's "undisputed... reign as the international emperor of corn." However, advances in molecular genetics discredited the tripartite model in favor of the rival position of George Beadle, which identified corn as a domesticated offspring of teosinte.[4]

Mangelsdorf was in 1951 the president of the American Society of Naturalists[5] and in 1955 the president of the Genetics Society of America.[6]


The standard author abbreviation Mangelsd. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fowler, Gene (28 July 1989). "Paul Mangelsdorf, Botanist, 90; Tracked Corn to Primitive Maize". NY Times.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 135, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 469-472
  3. ^ A Lifetime in the Quest for the Origins of Corn* by Surinder M. Seghal" in Maize Genetics and Breeding in the 20th Century edited by Peter A. Peterson, Angelo Bianchi
  4. ^ Kingsbury, Noel (2009). Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding. University of Chicago Press.
  5. ^ Past Officers of the ANS
  6. ^ Past and Present GSA Officers, Genetics Society of America
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Mangelsd.

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