Kvaratskhelia Taras

Taras Kvaratskhelia (b. April 22, 1889, Nakifu, present-day Tsalenjikha Municipality – d. August 27, 1951, Tbilisi), agronomist, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1936), professor (1946), full member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (1941) and the Soviet Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1948), Honored Scientist of Georgia (1946). In 1925, he graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy at Tbilisi State University. He studied the issues of differentiated agricultural techniques of subtropical crops, soil erosion and methods to stop it. Based on his studies, agricultural techniques for planting and caring for the garden were developed.

Kvaratskhelia is the author of several textbooks. He co-authored the work Tea Planting (1950), which was translated into Russian and Chinese. He received state awards.

 

Literary works: მანდარინის ბაღის მოვლა, ტფ., 1925; ნიადაგის გადარეცხვა და წალეკვა ჩაის პლანტაციებზე, ტფ., 1933; ჩაის ბუჩქი და მისი თანამგზავრი კულტურები, ტფ., 1936.

Bibliography: ტარასი კვარაცხელია. ბიობიბლიოგრაფია, შემდგ. ნ. ბაღათურია, ი. დუდუჩავა, თბ., 1980.

 

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