Hugo P. Kortschak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Plant physiologist
Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1911
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 20-Aug-1983
Profession: physiologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Hugo P. Kortschak
- Hugo Peter Kortschak (or Kortschack; 4 September 1911, in Chicago, Illinois – 20 August 1983) was an American biologist who discovered the C4 pathway in 1957.
- This pathway is an adaptation found in plants which reduces loss of energy via the inefficient C2 pathway.
- It is found in several plants, such as maize and sugarcane.
- The C4 pathway was rediscovered by Hatch and Slack (to whom the discovery is sometimes wrongly credited).
- He was the son of the Austrian-American violinist Hugo Kortschak, father of Alice M Kortschak and Nonnie Winifred Kortschak.
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