Abstract:The Master and the Pupil: Two close friends, two great plant physiologists With great sadness we inform the scientific community of the deaths of Dr. Paulo de Tarso Alvim, on February 18 from nephrological problems, and Prof. Moacyr Maestri, two days later, from cardiological complications. Master and pupil at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Studies (ESAV, currently Federal University of Viçosa-UFV, Brazil), where they graduated in Agricultural Sciences in 1940 and 1948 respectively, Alvim was born i… Show more
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