Fernando López Tuero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Tuero.
Fernando López Tuero
Born(1857-09-08)8 September 1857
Murcia, Spain
Died1907 (aged 49–50)
Logroño, Spain
OccupationsAgricultural scientist and agronomist

Fernando López Tuero (1857–1907) was a Spanish agronomist who worked for several years in Puerto Rico during the final decade of Spanish colonial rule. He is best known for identifying the white grub, larvae of scarab beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, as the cause of the 1890s sugarcane epidemic on the island. His work is regarded as one of the earliest scientific contributions to agricultural research in Puerto Rico.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.