P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Nizom Qosim

See Qosimov, Nizom.

Nodir

See Egamov, Dodokhon.

Nosirov, Yusuf

Tajik biologist Yusuf Nosirov was born in Khujand on August 24,

1932. He joined the CPSU in 1955.

Nosirov graduated from the Leninabad Pedagogical Institute in

1950. From 1954 to 1960, he was a Senior Scientific Worker and the

Head of the Laboratory of the Physiology of Plants at the Institute of

Botanics. From 1960 to 1964, he performed the same task for the

Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan's Division of Physiology and

Biophysics. In 1964, he became the Director of the Institute of Biology

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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and Biophysics of the Academy. He received his doctorate, and became

a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in

1966. He became a professor there in 1968, and an Academic in 1981.

Nosirov's research deals with the structure of experimental biology.

He was the first to use photosynthesis in his research, and created new

avenues in plant production using photosynthesis.

Nosirov's contributions include Fotosintez i yrozhai khlopchatnika

(Photosynthesis and Harvesting Cotton, Dushanbe, 1956), Genetika

Fotosinteza i selektsiya (Genetics, Photosynthesis, and Selection,

Moscow, 1982).

Nosirov is a recipient of the Badge of Honor and other medals.