Gurdev Singh Khush ( born Gurdev Singh Khush ; born August 22, 1935 , British India [1] ) is an Indian and American scientist, specialist in the field of agronomy and genetics.
| Gurdev Khush | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Scientific field | agronomy |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis |
| Academic degree | ( 1960 ) |
| Awards and prizes | Wolf Prize in Agriculture ( 2000 ) Japan Prize ( 1987 ) World Food Prize ( 1996 ) [d] ( 1977 ) member of the Royal Society of London |
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Career
He received a bachelor's degree in India in 1955. He defended his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of California, Davis in 1960. He worked in the USA and in the Philippines [2] . Known for breeding rice varieties.
He is a member of the Indian National Academy of Sciences (INSA; 1978) [3] , the (TWAS; 1989) [4] , the Royal Society of London (1995) [5] , and a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1989) [6] , the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1997; since 2014 - the Russian Academy of Sciences ), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2002) and other academies [7] .
Community Activities
In 1992, he signed the “ Warning to Humanity ” [8] .
Awards, Prizes
- 1977 -
- 1987 - Japan Prize , "For the development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones"
- 1996 - World Food Prize
- 1998 - Ranka Prize (with ), “For the application of crop science and plant breeding technology to the improvement of rice and wheat yields so that the food supply to poor people is safeguarded”
- 2000 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture , "For his extraordinary contribution to theoretical research in plant genetics, evolution and breeding especially of rice, with regard to food production and alleviation of hunger"
- 2000 - Padma Sri
Notes
- ↑ Gurdev Singh Khush, Ph.D. // Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 26, 2015. Archived July 29, 2017.
- ↑ The Year Book 2013 // Indian National Science Academy
- ↑ Khush Gurdev Singh | TWAS
- ↑ Profile on the website of the Royal Society of London
- ↑ Gurdev Khush
- ↑ Dr. Gurudev singh khush
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity . stanford.edu (November 18, 1992). Date of treatment June 25, 2019. Archived December 6, 1998.
Links
- Khush, Gurdev on the official website of the RAS