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Patricia Berjak {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|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).

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] {{botanist|Berjak|Berjak, Patricia|inline=yes}}

References

1. ^{{cite news| date=28 January 2015|first=Lee|last=Rondganger|title=UKZN scientist dies after short illness|work=IOL|url=http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/ukzn-scientist-dies-after-short-illness-1810029}}
2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Mycock|first1=David|title=Professor Patricia Berjak (1939–2015): World-renowned plant scientist and exceptional mentor|journal=South African Journal of Science|date=2015|volume=111|issue=5/6|doi=10.17159/sajs.2015/a0106}}
3. ^{{cite journal|last1=Farrant|first1=Jill M.|title=Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (1939–2015)|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa|date=2015|volume=70|issue=2|pages=191–192|doi=10.1080/0035919X.2015.1051341}}
4. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7665|title=Patricia Berjak (1939 - )|work=Order of Mapungubwe|publisher=The Presidency, Republic of South Africa|accessdate=9 April 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423210610/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7665|archivedate=23 April 2016|df=}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|first=R. |last=Sooryamoorthy|chapter=Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist|title=Transforming Science in South Africa: Development, Collaboration and Productivity|date= 2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-137-49307-1|pages=226–|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iN6_BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA226}}
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