COVER
Our cover sketch of V. S. Fedotov was drawn by Ms. Elaine
Gotham from a photo kindly provided by Director V. F. Dorofeev
and Dr. R. Kh. Makasheva. They also furnished the following
biograhical information:
Vassily Sergeyevich Fedotov (1895-1966), a prominent Soviet
geneticist, was born in 1895. He worked at the N.I. Vavilov
Ail-Union Scientific Research Institute from 1925 to 1953 on
grain and leguminous crops under the guidance of academician
N. I. Vavilov and Professor L. I. Govorov. In 1953 he trans-
ferred to the Scientific-Research Institute of Agriculture of
Central Regions of Non-chernozem (=non-black earth) Zone, where
he conducted practical breeding in peas and beans, as well as
sweet and bitter lupine.
V. S. Fedotov devoted much attention to theoretical studies and
to selection of grain leguminous crops. His reports on the gen-
etics of pea published in the thirties still retain their signi-
ficance. Of most interest to pea geneticists are: "On the her-
editary factors of flower color and some other characters in the
pea", "Multiple allelomorphs of the character 'grey spotting' on
the foliage of peas", "The genetics of anthocyanin pigmentation
on peas" and "Genetical principles of pea breeding".