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Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (29 December 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a South African botanist known for her work on the biology of plant seeds, especially seed recalcitrance.[1][2][3] She was professor for 48 years at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN).

Patricia Berjak FRSSAf
Born	(1939-12-29)29 December 1939
Died	21 January 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 75)
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand University of Natal
Scientific career
Fields	botany

She earned a B.Sc. degree in biochemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand (1962), then went on to the University of Natal (now UKZN), earning a M.Sc. in mammalian physiology and biochemistry (1966) and PhD in seed biology (1969). She was a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and a Fellow of the University of Natal, the Royal Society of South Africa and the Third World Academy of Sciences. She was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) in 2006.[4] The standard author abbreviation Berjak is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

Further reading

• Sooryamoorthy, R. (2015). "Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist". Transforming Science in South Africa: Development, Collaboration and Productivity. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-1-137-49307-1.

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