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Magadi Puttarudriah
Magadi Puttarudriah (16 December 1903 – 12 December 1983) was an Indian entomologist who worked in the Government of Mysore and after 1957 in the Government of Karnataka. He was the first professor of entomology at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore when it was established in 1964. Life and work Puttarudriah was born in Magadi in a farming family and obtained his BSc from Central College, Bangalore in 1932–33. He then worked in the Department of Agriculture as part of a scheme to study fish poisons and the potential for their use as pesticides. This continued to be a research interest even later. He was later posted to Chikmagalur to enforce the Pest Control Act to control the coffee white stem borer ''Xylotrechus quadripes.'' He was in charge of enforcing control measures against the pest between 1940 and 1944. In 1944 he was transferred to Bangalore and was involved in teaching diploma students at the Agricultural School in Hebbal. In 1948 he was deputed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magadi
Magadi is a Taluk headquarters located in Ramanagara district. The town is situated at a distance of 51 km from Bangalore. The founder of Bangalore, the great Kempegowda was a native of Kempapura, Magadi taluk. Magadi, having a rich cultural heritage was the largest boundary (Maha Gadi) marked during the rulers of Vijayanagar empire. The town was earlier known by names Maha Gadi or Mahalakshmi Gadi, later the British regime renamed the town as Magadi. Magadi is also home to a popular Plywood Brand "Raajply" Effect of urbanisation In modern literature, the forests around Magadi were the setting of the true story "Old Munisamy and the Panther of Magadi" by the India born British hunter Kenneth Anderson. Since then, the wildlife around Magadi has been greatly reduced by poaching and habitat loss. The rise in real estate activities and illegal quarries operating around Magadi is causing enormous damage to the ecosystem and the town is fast becoming a part of the growing Bangal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
