Kishan Singh (born 1931) is an Indian plant pathologist, known for his contributions to the pathology of crops, especially
sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
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An alumnus of the
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSAUA&T) is an agricultural university at Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after the Indian revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. Besides Kanpur, it also has con ...
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he is reported to have done seminal research on the epidemiology and control of sugarcane diseases and suggested disease management through hot air therapy.
He has published his research findings by way of articles and books, which include ''Soil fungicides'' (2 volumes),
''Recent advances in plant pathology'',
''The national research grid for sugarcane in India'',
''Sugarcane diseases and prospects of their control'',
''Diseases of sugarbeet in India'',
''Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane : III: response of varieties to infection'',
''Innovations in companion cropping with sugarcane''
and ''Laminar infection of sugarcane leaves by red rot (Physalospora tucumanensis) organism in nature''.
The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...
, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...
, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1976, for his contributions to biological sciences.
See also
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Plant pathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...
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List of sugarcane diseases
This article is a list of diseases of sugarcane (''Saccharum'' spp. hybrids).
Bacterial diseases
Fungal diseases
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Nematodes, parasitic
Viral diseases
Protozoan diseases
Phytoplasma disease ...
References
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Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science
20th-century Indian biologists
Indian phytopathologists
Indian scientific authors
1931 births
Living people
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