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Maheshwari, Ramesh
- A Doyen of Indian Botanists: H. Y. Mohan Ram
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1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
2 Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, IN
3 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore 560 089, IN
4 Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
5 Department of Botany, Gargi College, Delhi 110 049, IN
1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
2 Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, IN
3 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore 560 089, IN
4 Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
5 Department of Botany, Gargi College, Delhi 110 049, IN
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Current Science, Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 305-309Abstract
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- An Aftermath of the Human Genome Project: Identify and Nurture the Geniuses
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1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 106, No 6 (2014), Pagination: 800-801Abstract
A natural extension of the Human Genome Project is the identification of geniuses for solutions of problems requiring integrative and innovative approaches. China, a country of about similar size and population and similar problems as India, has launched a programme to identify and 'breed' geniuses. Perhaps India should follow China.Full Text
- The Knight of Sugar Industry: T. S. Venkatraman (1884-1963)
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1 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IN
1 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IN
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Current Science, Vol 106, No 8 (2014), Pagination: 1146-1149Abstract
Tiruvadi Sambasiva Venkatraman (TSV) was a plant breeder. In response to a call from Pundit Madan Mohan Malaviya, he made it his mission to develop high-yielding varieties of sugarcane for manufacturing sugar and making it available as a sweetening agent and an energy source for the malnourished children of India. Using Saccharum officinarum, then under cultivation in India, as the female parent, he artificially fertilized it with pollen from S. barberi, which grew wild in Coimbatore. After 4-5 recurrent backcrossings of S. officinarum × wild Sorghum spontaneum with S. officinarum as the female parent, TSV selected the 'rare' interspecies hybrid cane varieties that resembled sugarcane and had approximately 2.5 cm thick juicy stems containing 16-18% sucrose - nearly 35 times more than what occurred in parent stocks. The hybrid canes matured quickly, were resistant to waterlogging, drought, and to the red-rot disease caused by Glomerella tucumanensis (Sordariomycetes: Glomerellaceae), and to the sereh-virus disease. Most importantly, they were amenable for propagation using stem cuttings. In recognition of the development of highyielding sugarcane varieties, TSV was conferred the titles Rao Bahadur, Rao Sahib, and Sir by the British Government, and Padma Bhushan by the Republic of India. In the next few decades, consequent to TSV's work, India turned into the second largest sugar producer in the world, after Brazil. The hybrid sugarcane varieties developed are the foundational stocks for new sugarcane × bamboo hybrids, and for possible resistance to Puccinia megalocephala (Pucciniomycetes: Pucciniaceae) and Ustilago scitaminea (Ustilaginomycetes: Ustilaginaceae) using molecular techniques.Full Text