Read the bio below and try to give details on hugh iltis 's: - known for - caption - birth date - name - image - birth place Bio: hugh hellmut iltis -lrb- born april 7 , 1925 in brno , czechoslovakia -rrb- is professor emeritus of botany at the university of wisconsin -- madison and is best known for his discoveries in the domestication of corn -lrb- maize -rrb- . raised in czechoslovakia , iltis left europe as a refugee just weeks prior to nazi invasion of the country in march 1939 . his father , hugo iltis , was a teacher at the brno gymnasium , a botanist and geneticist , and a vocal opponent of nazi eugenics . he was the biographer of gregor mendel . iltis served in the u.s. army in europe during world war ii , initially in an artillery unit . he was later transferred to an intelligence unit . after the war , iltis was posted in germany , where he sorted through piles of documents left by the nazis , uncovering evidence of german war crimes . iltis was primarily trained in plant systematics and taxonomy with a focus on the families cleomaceae and capparaceae . while at the university of arkansas from 1952 -- 55 , iltis completed a study of the capparaceae of nevada . later publications formed a series , '' studies in the capparaceae '' , which includes 24 publications , including newly described species and genera . an associated series of papers describes research in the family cleomaceae , which was separated from the capparaceae . an avid plant collector , iltis led numerous expeditions to many parts of the world to search for new plant species . as a botanist , he served as the director of the university of wisconsin -- madison herbarium . his work is of great economic importance , because he identified new sources of genetic variability that have been used by plant breeders . iltis used taxonomic and morphological approaches to investigate the domestication of corn . his work supported the view that domestic corn was derived from a species of teosinte , a group of grasses that grows wild in many areas of mexico . it was once believed that the original wild corn was extinct . he also led a team of botanists who discovered a new...
- known for is discoveries in the domestication of corn -lrb- maize -rrb-- caption is iltis . at his 85th birthday celebration -lrb- 2010 -rrb-- birth date is 7 april 1925- name is hugh iltis- image is hugh iltis.jpg- birth place is brno , czechoslovakia