Hu Dujing

Hu Dujing (; 1913 – 25 October 2019) was a Chinese plant physiologist, agronomist, and educator. He was a long-time professor at Hunan Agricultural University and co-founded the university's Department of Botany in 1951.

Biography Hu was born in 1913 in Changsha, Hunan, Republic of China, with his ancestral home in Xiangtan. After graduating from Wuhan University, he pursued graduate studies in plant hormone and mineral nutrient at the Institute of Agriculture at National Southwestern Associated University under academician . His research paper on plant growth hormone was published in the journal Science in April 1940.

Hu taught at Guangdong Institute of Arts and Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Hubei Agricultural College (now part of Huazhong Agricultural University), Keqiang College (now part of Hunan University), and Hunan Agricultural College (now Hunan Agricultural University). From 1988 to 1993, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Council of Hunan Province.

On 25 October 2019, Hu died at the Hunan Agricultural University Hospital in Changsha, aged 106 (107 in East Asian age reckoning).