Background
DVORNIKOV, Prokofiy was born in 1905.
DVORNIKOV, Prokofiy was born in 1905.
1933 graduate Agrobiology Faculty,Khar’kovUniv.
1925, after studying at a school of horticulture and vegetable cultivation, worked as an agronomist in Ukraine. 1933-1934 director, Khar’kov Vegetable Strain-Testing Station. 1934-1941 head Vegetable Crop Department, then sci director and director
Mold Experimental Station of Irrigation Fruit and Vegetable Farming, Tiraspol' (now Mold Research Institute of Irrigation Farming and Vegetable Cultivation. 1946-1950 reorganized this experimental station after war-time destruction. 1950-1952 Mold First Deputy Minister of Agriculture
And head, Mold Main Board for Sciences and Agric Propaganda. 1952-1956 director, Mold Research Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Land Reclamation. Member, Central Committee, Communist Party Moldavia
During last 15 years of life contributed to development of three new varieties of tomato, a new variety of onion, seven varieties of cucumber and three varieties of sweet corn. Studied the effects of new local strains on the immunity of vegetable crops.
Correspondent member, All-Union Lenin Academy of Agric Sciences. Member, Mold Academy of Sciences. Communist Party member.