Editing Trofim Lysenko (section)

===Work in Odessa===
In October 1929, Lysenko was invited by the People's Commissariat of Ukraine<ref name="Soifer"/> to [[Odessa]], to the newly formed {{ill|Breeding and Genetics Institute|ru|Селекционно-генетический институт}} (later the All-Union Breeding and Genetics Institute, or VSGI) where he headed the laboratory for vernalization of plants.<ref name="Voinov"/> People's Commissar of Agriculture of the Ukrainian SSR [[Alexander Schlichter]] reacted to Lysenko's ideas with enthusiasm and actively supported him.<ref>{{cite web | title=Н. И. Вавилов и Т. Д. Лысенко в пространстве историко-научных дискуссий • Библиотека | website=«Элементы» | url=https://elementy.ru/nauchno-populyarnaya_biblioteka/434829/N_I_Vavilov_i_T_D_Lysenko_v_prostranstve_istoriko_nauchnykh_diskussiy | language=ru | access-date=2024-05-12}}</ref> On 17 April 1936, he was appointed director of the VSGI.<ref name="Voinov"/>

In September 1931, the All-Ukrainian Breeding Conference adopted a resolution on a report by Lysenko, in which he noted the theoretical and practical significance of his work on vernalization. In October of the same year, a similar resolution was adopted by the All-Union Conference on Combating Drought.<ref name="Voinov"/> In 1933, he began experiments on summer planting potatoes in the south.<ref name="Voinov"/> In 1934, he was elected a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.<ref name="Voinov"/> In the same year, [[Ivan Michurin (biologist)|Ivan Michurin]], speaking about the results of his scientific activities in his book ''Results of Sixty Years of Work'', mentioned Lysenko’s activities in studying the [[photoperiodism]] of field cereals.<ref>{{cite web | title=Из итогов работы 1934 года | website=И.В.Мичурин «Итоги шестидесятилетних работ» | url=https://imichurin.narod.ru/Itogi60/part_3_1934.htm | language=ru | access-date=2024-05-12}}</ref> On 30 December 1935, Lysenko was awarded the [[Order of Lenin]] and elected a full member of the [[VASKhNIL|Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences]].<ref name="Voinov"/>