Jan Lužný

Jan Lužný, CSc. (4 February 1926, Liptovský Mikuláš – 29 January 2013, Olomouc) was a Czech plant-breeder and expert on the gardening. Between 1965 - 1992 he gave lectures at the University of Agriculture in Brno (current name: Mendel University Brno). He wrote more than 70 papers about plant-breeding. After his retirement, he was amateur historian and publicized also many articles about local history of Čechůvky.

• Eucarpia: breeding and propagation of ornamental plants: papers submitted at the International Symposium of the University of Agriculture Brno, Faculty of Horticulture Lednice na Moravě, Prague September 16.-18.1986. Brno: University of Agriculture, 1986. 194 s.
• Use of epispermoscopic analysis in seed assessment. [Brno], 1982.

• G. J. Mendel honorary medal for merit in the biological sciences (2006)