Education
Russian State Agricultural University.
Russian State Agricultural University.
His name has sometimes been transliterated as Karpetschenko. G. Doctorate. Karpechenko specialized in plant cytology and created several hybrids. Among his contributions is his seminal work on allopolyploids, culminating in his creation of a fertile offspring of radishes and cabbages, the first instance of a new species obtained through polyploid speciation during experimental crossbreeding.
He worked at the Institute of Applied Botany near Leningrad, but collaborated with geneticists in other countries, notably Øjvind Winge in Denmark and Erwin Baur in Germany.
He also travelled abroad to the John Innes Horticultural Institution in London. He was sentenced to death and executed on July 28, 1941.