Petr was born on May 13, 1931 Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia. First he visited the local primary school afterwards the secondary school in Broumov and finished with Matura. In 1949 he was sent to the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering to study plant production with Examination as Dipl.Ing agr. As postgraduate student he studied special plant production with student exchange in Moscow, Rothamsted and Halle. After staying in – Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria and Spain he published as candidate of agricultural sciences the Doctor Thesis: "Biology of alternative wheat forms". During his habilitation with the thesis: "Study of the photoperiodic reaction in cereals and legumes" and the publication "Yield formation in the cereals" he was appointed as lecturer of plant production at Czech University of AgriculturePrague. In 1989 Petr was nominated as Professor of Plant Production and additional - in 1990 he was elected as Rector of the Czech University of Agriculture Prague. During his time as Rector he embraced the windows of change and opened the university gates to globalised science and education and prepared a trustworthy integration of the East and West.
Memberships in Professional Societies
Member of the Czech Academy of Agriculture, Prague, now honorary member
State Committee for Scientific Degree, 12 years
State Committee for Seed Testing
State Committee for Organic Agriculture
Member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement
The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic - 6 years in the post of the chairman
Main task agricultural basic and practical research; growth and development processes during ontogenesis in cereals and pulse crops ; biology of cereals; the growth regulators in cereals; the formation of the biological and economy yield in cereals and pulse crops ; the effect of weather on crop production, integrated crop husbandry; alternative and ecological agriculture, quality of cereals from conventional and ecological agriculture; quality of cereals for different commercial use.
Petr, J., Černý, Hruška et al.: Yield Formation in the Main Field Crops,, Prague 1980, in English published by the publishing house Elsevier Amsterdam 1988, in German DLG Berlin 1983, in Russian by the publishing house Moscow Kolos 1984, in Hungarian in the publishing house Mezögazdasági Kiádó, Budapest 1985
Petr, J. ed.: Weather and Yield, Prague 1987. In English by Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1991, in Russian published by Moscow Agroizdat, 1990
Petr, J. et al.: Intensive Cereal Husbandry Prague, 1983, in Russian by Moscow Agroizdat, 1985
Petr, J., Dlouhý et al.: Ecological Agriculture Prague 1992
Petr, J.: Millet - 60 pp. In: Moudry et al. Buckwheat and millet, Prague 2006
Additional more than 600 scientific papers and lectures.
Honours and awards
1984
* Winner of the Literary Prize of the Literary Fund the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences for the books: Tvorba výnosu hlavních polních plodin. This publication was awarded also in Russian translation in Moscow.
* Other awarded books: Počasí a výnosy and Intenzivní obilnářství.
1981
* "Gold Ear" and Gold Medal of the Academy of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Gerber, Theophil: Persönlichkeiten aus Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Veterinärmedizin; Biographisches Lexikon, NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin,
Raupp, Manfred : Aktualne problemy ochrana rastlin; Sympozium Stary Smokovec 1986 und 1990.
Raupp, Manfred ; Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Elements of “Marketing Mix“; Basel, Moskau, Prag; 1994.
Raupp, Manfred: The Debate concerning the Effects of Bioinformatics on Food Production, Dedicaded to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jiri Petr to his birthday, Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica CZU Prague 2001; CS ISSN 1211-3174.
