Stepanov, Konstantin Mikhailovich

Konstantin Mikhailovich Stepanov (1900, the village of Solodinki, Astrakhan province - 1982) - Soviet phytopathologist , specialist in mushroom epiphytotics.

Konstantin Mikhailovich Stepanov
Date of Birth	1900 ( 1900 )
Place of Birth	Solodinki village, Astrakhan province
Date of death	1982 ( 1982 )
A country	the USSR
Scientific field	plant pathology
Place of work	VIZR
Alma mater	VIZR
Academic degree	Doctor of Biological Sciences
Academic rank	Professor
Known as	mushroom epiphytotics specialist
Awards and prizes

Born in the village of Solodinki, Astrakhan province . From the Cossacks.

After graduation (1922) he worked at the Astrakhan plant protection station. In 1928 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Courses of Applied Zoology and Phytopathology (Institute of Applied Zoology and Phytopathology, IZIF).

In 1928-1958 first worked in VIZR as an assistant and research fellow in the laboratory of A. A. Yachevsky , then head. Laboratory of Phytopathological Forecasts (which he founded).

Doctor of Biological Sciences (1958), Professor (1962).

Since 1958 he worked at the All-Union Research Institute of Phytopathology: until 1976 the head. laboratory of rust diseases of grain crops, since 1976 professor-consultant.

Author of the monograph: Fungal epiphytotics: (introduction to the general epiphytiology of fungal diseases of a plant). Selkhozizdat, 1962 - Total pages: 471

Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1970) [1] .

He was awarded the orders of the October Revolution, the Red Banner of Labor and medals.