Mikhail Chailakhyan

Mikhail Khristoforovich Chailakhyan (Armenian: Միքայել Քրիստափորի Չայլախյան, Russian: Михаи́л Христофо́рович Чайлахя́н; 1902–1991) was a Soviet Armenian scientist who is widely known for proposing the existence of a universal plant hormone that is involved in flowering.^[1] He named this hormone florigen in 1936.^[2] His studies included the mechanisms of flowering, tuberization and sex expression in plants. His pioneer work included the agricultural applications of phytohormones and synthetic analogs.^[3]

Mikhail Kristapori Chailakhyan
Born	1902 (1902) Nakhichevan-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	1991 (aged 88–89) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Known for	contributions to plant physiology and flowering
Scientific career
Fields	plant growth and development