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Reviewer: Guettarda ( talk · contribs) 05:05, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
First pass, some thing that jumped out at me
Lysenkoism began in the late 1920s and formally ended in 1964.While this bookends Lysenko's career and influence, it feels like a bit of a stretch. Lysenko started calling his techniques Michurinism c. 1935 in an attempt to shoehorn his ideas onto Michurin's. As for the end date, Lysenko remained in his position until 1965, and because it had made its way into textbooks, Lysenkoism continued to have a major impact for another decade or more.
In reality, the technique was neither new nor Soviet (it was discovered at Michigan State College in 1854. The school now known as Michigan State University was founded in 1855 and classes didn't start until 1857. So Leone's date is wrong. Following his usage in terms of naming the school also creates a bit of an anachronism. While it was called Michigan State College when Leone was writing in 1952, it was not called that in the mid-19th century. While one error does not invalidate Leone's work, it does seem like we need to rely on other, preferably more recent, sources.
Nice article, and good job getting it to this state. I've always found Lysenko fascinating (despite my vast admiration for Vavilov). Guettarda ( talk) 05:05, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Guettarda ( talk · contribs) 05:05, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
First pass, some thing that jumped out at me
Lysenkoism began in the late 1920s and formally ended in 1964.While this bookends Lysenko's career and influence, it feels like a bit of a stretch. Lysenko started calling his techniques Michurinism c. 1935 in an attempt to shoehorn his ideas onto Michurin's. As for the end date, Lysenko remained in his position until 1965, and because it had made its way into textbooks, Lysenkoism continued to have a major impact for another decade or more.
In reality, the technique was neither new nor Soviet (it was discovered at Michigan State College in 1854. The school now known as Michigan State University was founded in 1855 and classes didn't start until 1857. So Leone's date is wrong. Following his usage in terms of naming the school also creates a bit of an anachronism. While it was called Michigan State College when Leone was writing in 1952, it was not called that in the mid-19th century. While one error does not invalidate Leone's work, it does seem like we need to rely on other, preferably more recent, sources.
Nice article, and good job getting it to this state. I've always found Lysenko fascinating (despite my vast admiration for Vavilov). Guettarda ( talk) 05:05, 22 February 2020 (UTC)