Biography
Born in Cusco, Peru, Ochoa received degrees from the Universidad San Simon, Cochabamba, and from the, USA. For a long time Ochoa worked as a wheat and potato breeder. He created important Peruvian potato varieties including Renacimiento, Yungay, and Tomasa Condemayta.
Ochoa collected many native potato varieties and wild potato species. He was a particularly important wild potato explorer. One third of the nearly 200 wild potato species were first described by him.
Ochoa was professor emeritus of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru. In 1971, he joined the International Potato Center. He received many international awards, including Distinguished Economic Botanist and the William Brown award for Plant Genetic Resources.
The standard author abbreviation Ochoa is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Carlos M. Ochoa
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