Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (29 December 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a South African botanist known for her work on the biology of plant seeds, especially seed recalcitrance.
[1][2][3] She was professor for 48 years at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN).
in mammalian physiology and biochemistry (1966) and PhD in seed biology (1969).
She was a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and a Fellow of the University of Natal, the Royal Society of South Africa and the Third World Academy of Sciences.
She was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) in 2006.