Background
TUMANYAN, Mikhail was born on February 28, 1886.
plant breeder Geneticist and selectionist
TUMANYAN, Mikhail was born on February 28, 1886.
1911 graduate Moscow University. 1914 graduate Moscow Agric Institute.
From 1923 head, from 1926 professor, Chair of Phytoculture, Yerevan University (then Arm Agric Institute). 1943-1949 director, Institute of Agric, Arm Academy of Sciences. 1943-1945 acad secretary, Department of Agric Sciences, Arm Academy of Sciences.
Specialized in field crops, especially Arm and Transcaucasian wheats. Devised principle of zoning local ancient varieties of wheat and studied patterns of formation development in wheat.
Member, Arm Academy of Sciences from 1943. Communist Party member from 1945.