Jacobus Kaper

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Jacobus Martinus Kaper (born 12 September 1931) [1] is a biochemist and virologist who worked at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States. He has performed research on the cucumber mosaic virus . [2] [3] [4]

Kaper was born in Madjalengka, Dutch East Indies. [1] He was elected corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 D. J. van de Kaa; Kaa; Y. de Roo (19 December 2008). De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. Amsterdam University Press. p. 298. ISBN   978-90-6984-552-4.
  2. Greg Boland; Liana Bolis (5 January 1998). Plant-Microbe Interactions and Biological Control. CRC Press. p. 283. ISBN   978-0-8247-0043-0.
  3. Agricultural Research. Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1988. p. 2.
  4. Bills Donald D; Kung Shain-dow (30 October 1995). Biotechnology And Plant Protection: Viral Pathogenesis And Disease Resistance - Proceedings Of The Fifth International Symposium. World Scientific. p. 243. ISBN   978-981-4549-19-6.
  5. "Ernestine Kaper". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020.