Duane Isely
American botanist
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Duane Isely's Degrees
- PhD Botany University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Masters Botany University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Bachelors Botany University of Wisconsin–Madison
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Duane Isely was an American professor of botany and an expert on seed technology and weeds. Biography Isely was born to Dwight Isely, a professor of entomology, and Blessie Elise, both of whom studied and worked at the University of Arkansas. He too graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a master's degree in 1939. In 1942 he received his PhD from Cornell University with thesis supervisor Walter Conrad Muenscher . From 1942 to 1944 Isely conducted studies on the herbaceous plants of the reservoirs being constructed for the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1944 he was appointed an extension associate at Iowa State University, where he was put in charge of the seed laboratory. At Iowa State University he was an assistant professor from 1947 to 1948, an associate professor from 1949 to 1955, and a full professor from 1956 to 1981. He was appointed Distinguished Professor in 1981 and retired in 1989 as professor emeritus.
Duane Isely's Published Works
Published Works
- Seed technology (2008) (121)
- Leguminosae of the United States. III. Subfamily Papilionoideae: Tribes Sophoreae, Podalyrieae, Loteae. (1982) (44)
- Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States, Volume 3, Part 2: Leguminosae (Fabaceae). (1991) (40)
- Investigations in seed classification by family characteristics (1947) (26)
- One Hundred and One Botanists (1994) (21)
- Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae (1973) (21)
- LEGUMINOSAE SUBFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEAE (1980) (16)
- Legumes of the United States. IV. Mimosa (1971) (15)
- Weed Identification and Control (1960) (12)
- LEGUMES OF THE UNITED STATES: I. NATIVE ACACIA (1969) (10)
- Observations on Seeds of the Leguminosae: Mimosoideae and Caesalpinioideae (1955) (10)
- Neonotonia verdcourtii (Leguminosae): a new glycine-like species from Africa. (1980) (9)
- Leguminosae andHomo sapiens (2008) (9)
- A revision of Macrotyloma (Leguminosae) (1983) (8)
- Weed identification and control in the North central states (1958) (8)
- LESPEDEZA STRIATA AND L. STIPULACEA (1948) (8)
- Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. Volume 3, Part 2. Leguminosae (Fabaceae). (1991) (8)
- Cyst production of Heterodera trifolii on some Leguminosae. (1967) (7)
- NOTES ABOUT PSORALEA SENSU AUCT., AMORPHA, BAPTISIA, SESBANIA AND CHAMAECRISTA (LEGUMINOSAE) IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES (1986) (7)
- New combinations and two new varieties in Astragalus, Orophaca, and Oxytropis (Leguminosae) (1983) (6)
- Notes on Leguminosae: Papilionoideae of the southeastern United States (1986) (5)
- Legumes of the United States. V. Albizia, Lysiloma, Leucaena, Adenanthera; and rejected genera of Mimosoideae. (1970) (5)
- New combinations and one new variety among the genera Indigofera, Robinia, and Tephrosia (Leguminosae) (1982) (5)
- LEGUMES OF THE U.S. VI. CALLIANDRA, PITHECELLOBIUM, PROSOPIS (1972) (4)
- THE DESMODIUM PANICULATUM (L.) DC. (FABACEAE) COMPLEX REVISITED (1983) (4)
- Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. and D. viridiflorum (L.) DC. (1953) (4)
- Classification of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and relatives (1983) (4)
- New varieties and combinations in lotus, baptisia, thermopsis and sophora (Leguminosae) (1978) (3)
- Innovations in California Trifolium and Lathyrus (1992) (3)
- New combinations and one new variety in Trifolium (Leguminosae) (1980) (2)
- Desmodium: Section podocarpium benth (1951) (2)
- Seeds of Iowa noxious and common weeds (1962) (1)
- Reevaluation of Mimosa biuncifera and M. texana (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) (1986) (1)
- Seeds of Iowa noxious weeds (1949) (1)
- COMMANDMENTS FOR COMMUNICATION (1969) (1)
- Three botanists: Bessey, Pammel, and Hayden (1992) (1)
- Seed characteristics of weedy thistles. (1949) (1)
- Book reviews (2008) (0)
- Book Reviews (1941) (0)
- Geographic information system (G.I.S.) research project at Navajo Community College - Shiprock Campus (1995) (0)
- Endangered American Plants (1978) (0)
- Evaluation of a community health clinic in mountain states. (1975) (0)
- Petalostemon candidum and P. occidentale (Leguminosae) (1960) (0)
- Agricultural Research Bulletins, Nos. 346-362 (1947) (0)
- Book reviews (2008) (0)
- Why Test Seed (1950) (0)
- Book reviews (2008) (0)
- Book review (1976) (0)
- The control and propagation of a genetic disease.?20V. (1975) (0)
- The control and propagation of a genetic disease. (1976) (0)
- Charles E Bessey Educator and protagonist, the early years (1993) (0)
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