  trofim denisovich lysenko (, ; 20 november 1976) was a soviet biologist and agronomist of ukrainian origin. lysenko rejected mendelian genetics in favor of the hybridization theories of russian horticulturist ivan vladimirovich michurin, and adapted them to a pseudoscientific movement termed lysenkoism. his experimental research in improved crop yields earned the support of soviet leader joseph stalin, especially following the famine and loss of productivity resulting from forced collectivization in several regions of the soviet union in the early 1930s. in 1940, he became director of the institute of genetics within the ussr's academy of sciences, and lysenko's anti-mendelian doctrines were further secured in soviet science and education by the exercise of political influence and power. scientific dissent from lysenko's theories of [[inheritance of acquired c
1898_births 1976_deaths Academicians_of_the_VASKhNIL Agriculture_in_Russia Agriculture_in_Ukraine Agriculture_in_the_Soviet_Union Foreign_Members_of_the_Bulgarian_Academy_of_Sciences Full_Members_of_the_USSR_Academy_of_Sciences Heroes_of_Socialist_Labour Members_of_the_Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union People_from_Karlivka People_from_Poltava_Governorate Pseudoscientific_biologists Recipients_of_the_Order_of_Lenin,_eight_times Recipients_of_the_Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour Scientific_misconduct Soviet_biologists Soviet_inventors Soviet_people_of_Ukrainian_descent Soviet_scientists Stalin_Prize_winners Ukrainian_biologists Ukrainian_inventors Ukrainian_scientists