Jan Lužný

Jan Lužný, CSc. (4 February 1926, Liptovský Mikuláš – 29 January 2013, Olomouc) was a Czech plant-breeder and expert on gardening. Between 1965 and 1992, he gave lectures at the University of Agriculture in Brno. He wrote more than 70 papers about plant-breeding. After his retirement, he became an amateur historian and published many articles about local history of Čechůvky.

Works

 * EUCARPIA breeding and propagation of ornamental plants: papers submitted at the International Symposium of the University of Agriculture Brno, Faculty of Horticulture Lednice na Moravě, Prague September 16.-18.1986. Brno: University of Agriculture, 1986. 194 pp.
 * Use of epispermoscopic analysis in seed assessment. [Brno], 1982.

Honors and awards

 * G. J. Mendel honorary medal for merit in the biological sciences (2006)