In memoriam of Professor Nina Vyacheslavovna Semendyaeva

Abstract

The article informs about the research and pedagogical activity of the Researcher Emeritus of the Russian Federation, the Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, professor Nina Vyacheslavovna Semendyaeva, describing her work in the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and Chemicalization of Agriculture and in the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. Professor Semendyaeva N.V. made a notable contribution to the studies of the West Siberian solonetzic soils and their transformation due to chemical melioration. Professor Semendyaeva N.V. also devoted much time to educating young scientists in the field of the rational use of soils in solonetz areas. The article also presents other areas of salinized soil research that Semendyaeva N.V. also pursued during her long and productive career.