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	P. R. Adiga, born on 5 May 1935 at [[Barkur]], a small hamlet in [[Udupi district]] of the south Indian state of [[Karnataka]] as one among the ten children of his parents, did his early schooling at local schools and earned a master's degree in biochemistry from the [[University of Kerala]] in the neighboring state.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec102006/1573.pdf \|title=P. R. Adiga (1935–2006) \|last=N. Appaji Rao \|date=2006 \|publisher=Current Science \|pages=1573–1574}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science]] as a research associate and pursued his doctoral studies under the guidance of P. S. Sarma, who headed the department of biochemistry, to secure the degree in 1963. He spent his entire career at IISc, holding various positions as that of an assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He also chaired the erstwhile ''Centre for Reproductive Biology and Molecular Endocrinology''{{Refn\|group=note\|present-day Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics}} at the institute.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Post retirement, he continued his association with IISc as an [[Indian National Science Academy\|INSA]] Senior scientist.<ref name="INSA Senior Scientist" />		P. R. Adiga, born on 5 May 1935 at [[Barkur]], a small hamlet in [[Udupi district]] of the south Indian state of [[Karnataka]] as one among the ten children of his parents, did his early schooling at local schools and earned a master's degree in biochemistry from the [[University of Kerala]] in the neighboring state.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec102006/1573.pdf \|title=P. R. Adiga (1935–2006) \|last=N. Appaji Rao \|date=2006 \|publisher=Current Science \|pages=1573–1574}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science]] as a research associate and pursued his doctoral studies under the guidance of P. S. Sarma, who headed the department of biochemistry, to secure the degree in 1963. He spent his entire career at IISc, holding various positions as that of an assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He also chaired the erstwhile ''Centre for Reproductive Biology and Molecular Endocrinology''{{Refn\|group=note\|present-day Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics}} at the institute.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Post retirement, he continued his association with IISc as an [[Indian National Science Academy\|INSA]] Senior scientist.<ref name="INSA Senior Scientist" />

	Adiga's early researches were focused on the growth and intermediary metabolism of fungi and insects and how they were impacted by the trace elements and metal toxicity.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> His work on ''[[Lathyrus sativus]]'', commonly known as grass pea, revealed that [[Oxalyldiaminopropionic acid\|N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid]], a neurotoxin present in the plant caused the neurological disorder of [[neurolathyrism]] in humans.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> He was also credited with the discovery of [[Homoarginine]], an [[amino acid]] derivative, found in ''Lathyrus sativus''.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Later, he worked on vitamin-carrying proteins which demonstrated how the proteins carried vitamins such as [[thiamin]] and [[riboflavin]] to the foetus and his experiments on rodents showed antibodies generated during pregnancy might cause its termination.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web \| url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf \| title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners \| publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research \| date=1999 \| access-date=23 February 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf \| archive-date=4 March 2016 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He documented his researches by way of several articles in peer-reviewed journals<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/~~researcher~~/~~66354739_P_R_ADIGA~~ \|title=On ResearchGate \|date=2016 ~~\|publisher=On ResearchGate~~}}</ref>{{Refn\|group=note\|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and the online article repository of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] has listed 192 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web \|url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Adiga=3APerdur_Radhakantha=3A=3A.html \|title=Browse by Fellow \|date=2016 \|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He edited the book, ''Perspectives in Primate Reproductive Biology''<ref name="Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology">{{Cite book \|url=http://library.kyu.ac.ug/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39214 \|title=Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology \|author1=N.R. Moudgal\|author2=K. Yoshinaga\|author3=A.J. Rao\|author4=P.R. Adiga \|publisher=Wiley Eastern \|year=1991 \|isbn=8122403182 \|page=364}}</ref> and contributed chapters to many books published by others;<ref name="Symposium2009">{{cite book\|author=CIBA Foundation Symposium\|title=Molecular Biology of Egg Maturation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQUL_kG9c3EC&pg=PA130\|date=14 September 2009\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-0-470-71849-0\|pages=130–}}</ref><ref name="Gupta2012">{{cite book\|author=Satish Kumar Gupta\|title=Reproductive Immunology\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMjrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA344\|date=6 December 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-011-4197-0\|pages=344–}}</ref><ref name="Staff1999">{{cite book\|author=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff\|title=Lathyrus Genetic Resources Network\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Am21L7nykgC&pg=PA63\|date=1 December 1999\|publisher=Bioversity International\|isbn=978-92-9043-394-1\|pages=63–}}</ref><ref name="GalstonSmith2012">{{cite book\|author1=Arthur W. Galston\|author2=T.A. Smith\|author3=P. R. Adiga, G. L. Prasad\|title=Polyamines in Plants\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckLvCAAAQBAJ\|date=6 December 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-009-5171-6\|chapter=Biosynthesis and regulation of polyamines in higher plants}}</ref> his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.<ref name="Dakshinamurti1994">{{cite book\|author=Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti\|title=Vitamin Receptors: Vitamins as Ligands in Cell Communication - Metabolic Indicators\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbGkNpRqZyoC&pg=PA173\|date=21 July 1994\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-39280-8\|pages=173–}}</ref><ref name="GhoseGhosh2003">{{cite book\|author1=Tarun K. Ghose\|author2=Purnendu Ghosh\|title=Biotechnology in India II\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfhsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213\|date=3 July 2003\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-3-540-36466-5\|pages=213–}}</ref><ref name="SlocumFlores1991">{{cite book\|author1=Robert D. Slocum\|author2=Hector E. Flores\|title=Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants\|url=https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc\|url-access=registration\|date=20 December 1991\|publisher=CRC Press\|isbn=978-0-8493-6865-3\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc/page/21 21]–}}</ref> He was also associated with two journals, ''[[Journal of Biosciences]]'' and ''[[Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology]]'' as a member of their editorial boards.<ref name="Deceased fellow" />		Adiga's early researches were focused on the growth and intermediary metabolism of fungi and insects and how they were impacted by the trace elements and metal toxicity.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> His work on ''[[Lathyrus sativus]]'', commonly known as grass pea, revealed that [[Oxalyldiaminopropionic acid\|N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid]], a neurotoxin present in the plant caused the neurological disorder of [[neurolathyrism]] in humans.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> He was also credited with the discovery of [[Homoarginine]], an [[amino acid]] derivative, found in ''Lathyrus sativus''.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Later, he worked on vitamin-carrying proteins which demonstrated how the proteins carried vitamins such as [[thiamin]] and [[riboflavin]] to the foetus and his experiments on rodents showed antibodies generated during pregnancy might cause its termination.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web \| url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf \| title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners \| publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research \| date=1999 \| access-date=23 February 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf \| archive-date=4 March 2016 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He documented his researches by way of several articles in peer-reviewed journals<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/search/publication?q=Perdur%2BRadhakantha%2BAdiga \|title=On ResearchGate \|date=2016 }}</ref>{{Refn\|group=note\|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and the online article repository of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] has listed 192 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web \|url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Adiga=3APerdur_Radhakantha=3A=3A.html \|title=Browse by Fellow \|date=2016 \|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He edited the book, ''Perspectives in Primate Reproductive Biology''<ref name="Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology">{{Cite book \|url=http://library.kyu.ac.ug/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39214 \|title=Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology \|author1=N.R. Moudgal\|author2=K. Yoshinaga\|author3=A.J. Rao\|author4=P.R. Adiga \|publisher=Wiley Eastern \|year=1991 \|isbn=8122403182 \|page=364}}</ref> and contributed chapters to many books published by others;<ref name="Symposium2009">{{cite book\|author=CIBA Foundation Symposium\|title=Molecular Biology of Egg Maturation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQUL_kG9c3EC&pg=PA130\|date=14 September 2009\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-0-470-71849-0\|pages=130–}}</ref><ref name="Gupta2012">{{cite book\|author=Satish Kumar Gupta\|title=Reproductive Immunology\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMjrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA344\|date=6 December 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-011-4197-0\|pages=344–}}</ref><ref name="Staff1999">{{cite book\|author=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff\|title=Lathyrus Genetic Resources Network\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Am21L7nykgC&pg=PA63\|date=1 December 1999\|publisher=Bioversity International\|isbn=978-92-9043-394-1\|pages=63–}}</ref><ref name="GalstonSmith2012">{{cite book\|author1=Arthur W. Galston\|author2=T.A. Smith\|author3=P. R. Adiga, G. L. Prasad\|title=Polyamines in Plants\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckLvCAAAQBAJ\|date=6 December 2012\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-94-009-5171-6\|chapter=Biosynthesis and regulation of polyamines in higher plants}}</ref> his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.<ref name="Dakshinamurti1994">{{cite book\|author=Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti\|title=Vitamin Receptors: Vitamins as Ligands in Cell Communication - Metabolic Indicators\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbGkNpRqZyoC&pg=PA173\|date=21 July 1994\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-0-521-39280-8\|pages=173–}}</ref><ref name="GhoseGhosh2003">{{cite book\|author1=Tarun K. Ghose\|author2=Purnendu Ghosh\|title=Biotechnology in India II\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfhsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213\|date=3 July 2003\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-3-540-36466-5\|pages=213–}}</ref><ref name="SlocumFlores1991">{{cite book\|author1=Robert D. Slocum\|author2=Hector E. Flores\|title=Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants\|url=https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc\|url-access=registration\|date=20 December 1991\|publisher=CRC Press\|isbn=978-0-8493-6865-3\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc/page/21 21]–}}</ref> He was also associated with two journals, ''[[Journal of Biosciences]]'' and ''[[Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology]]'' as a member of their editorial boards.<ref name="Deceased fellow" />

	Adiga died on 13 September 2006, at the age of 71, survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" />		Adiga died on 13 September 2006, at the age of 71, survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" />
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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* {{Cite journal \|author1=Rao Saligame\|author2=L. K. Ramachandran\|author3=P. R. Adiga \|title=The Isolation and Characterization of L-Homoarginine from Seeds of Lathyrus sativus \|journal=Biochemistry \|publication-date=1963 \|volume=2 \|issue=2 \|pages=298–300 \|doi=10.1021/bi00902a019 \|year=1963}}		* {{Cite journal \|author1=Rao Saligame\|author2=L. K. Ramachandran\|author3=P. R. Adiga \|title=The Isolation and Characterization of L-Homoarginine from Seeds of Lathyrus sativus \|journal=Biochemistry \|publication-date=1963 \|volume=2 \|issue=2 \|pages=298–300 \|doi=10.1021/bi00902a019 \|year=1963\|pmid=13973060}}
	* {{Cite journal \|author1=K. Sivarama Sastry\|author2=Padmanaban Govindarajan\|author3=P. R. Adiga\|author4=P. S. Sarma \|title=A sensitive microbiological assay procedure for determining magnesium in biological materials \|journal=The Analyst \|publication-date=1963 \|volume=88 \|issue=1048 \|doi=10.1039/an9638800534 \|year=1963 \|page=534}}		* {{Cite journal \|author1=K. Sivarama Sastry\|author2=Padmanaban Govindarajan\|author3=P. R. Adiga\|author4=P. S. Sarma \|title=A sensitive microbiological assay procedure for determining magnesium in biological materials \|journal=The Analyst \|publication-date=1963 \|volume=88 \|issue=1048 \|doi=10.1039/an9638800534 \|year=1963 \|page=534\|bibcode=1963Ana....88..534S}}
	* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma\|author3=Rao Saligame \|title=The Isolation and Characterization of β-N-Oxalyl-L-α,β-Diaminopropionic Acid: A Neurotoxin from the Seeds of Lathyrus sativus \|journal=Biochemistry \|publication-date=1964 \|volume=3 \|issue=3 \|pages=432–6 \|doi=10.1021/bi00891a022 \|pmid=14155110 \|year=1964}}		* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma\|author3=Rao Saligame \|title=The Isolation and Characterization of β-N-Oxalyl-L-α,β-Diaminopropionic Acid: A Neurotoxin from the Seeds of Lathyrus sativus \|journal=Biochemistry \|publication-date=1964 \|volume=3 \|issue=3 \|pages=432–6 \|doi=10.1021/bi00891a022 \|pmid=14155110 \|year=1964}}
	* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma \|title=Cysteine toxicity in Neurospora crassa: comparison of counteraction by sulphur amino acids and iron \|journal=Indian ~~journal~~ of ~~biochemistry~~ \|publication-date=1970 \|volume=7 \|issue=3 \|pages=141–4}}		* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma \|title=Cysteine toxicity in Neurospora crassa: comparison of counteraction by sulphur amino acids and iron \|journal=Indian Journal of Biochemistry \|year=1970 \|publication-date=1970 \|volume=7 \|issue=3 \|pages=141–4\|pmid=4252565 }}
	* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma \|title=The influence of ribonucleic acid & some of its structural constituents on metal toxicities in Corcyra cephalonica St \|journal=Indian ~~journal~~ of ~~biochemistry~~ \|publication-date=1970 \|volume=7 \|issue=2 \|pages=130–2}}		* {{Cite journal \|author1=P. R. Adiga\|author2=P. S. Sarma \|title=The influence of ribonucleic acid & some of its structural constituents on metal toxicities in Corcyra cephalonica St \|journal=Indian Journal of Biochemistry \|year=1970 \|publication-date=1970 \|volume=7 \|issue=2 \|pages=130–2\|pmid=4248650 }}

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|birth_place = [[Barkur]], [[Udupi district]], [[Karnataka]], India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|9|13|1935|5|5}}
|death_place = Karnataka, India
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|fields = {{ublist | [[Endocrine]] [[biochemistry]] | [[Reproductive biology]] }}
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|alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Kerala]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] }}
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|known_for = Studies on vitamin-carrier proteins and ''[[Lathyrus sativus]]''
|awards = {{ublist| 1963 [[Indian Institute of Science|IISc]] Giri Memorial Award | 1980 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1982 Sanjay Gandhi Award for Science and Technology | 1984 SBCI Professor M. Srinivasayya Award }}
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'''Perdur Radhakantha Adiga''' (5 May 1935 – 13 September 2006) was an Indian endocrine biochemist, reproductive biologist, [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Senior Scientist<ref name="INSA Senior Scientist">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/name1.php |title=INSA Senior Scientist |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and an Astra chair professor of the [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref name="Endowed chairs for the Faculty">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iisc.ac.in/about/endowed-chairs/endowed-chairs-for-the-faculty/ |title=Endowed chairs for the Faculty |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science}}</ref> He was known for his researches on vitamin-carrier proteins and ''[[Lathyrus sativus]]''<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=334 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> and was an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Adiga,_Prof_Perdur_Radhakantha |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Deceased fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/N84-0003 |title=Deceased fellow |date=2017-11-08 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please click on name to see details}} The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1980.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:Lathyrus sativus flowers Bangladesh cropped.JPG|thumb|left|175px|Grass pea]]
[[File:Kerala University in 1940s.jpg|thumb|235px|Kerala University in 1940s]]
P. R. Adiga, born on 5 May 1935 at [[Barkur]], a small hamlet in [[Udupi district]] of the south Indian state of [[Karnataka]] as one among the ten children of his parents, did his early schooling at local schools and earned a master's degree in biochemistry from the [[University of Kerala]] in the neighboring state.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/dec102006/1573.pdf |title=P. R. Adiga (1935–2006) |last=N. Appaji Rao |date=2006 |publisher=Current Science |pages=1573–1574}}</ref> Subsequently, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science]] as a research associate and pursued his doctoral studies under the guidance of P. S. Sarma, who headed the department of biochemistry, to secure the degree in 1963. He spent his entire career at IISc, holding various positions as that of an assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He also chaired the erstwhile ''Centre for Reproductive Biology and Molecular Endocrinology''{{Refn|group=note|present-day Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics}} at the institute.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Post retirement, he continued his association with IISc as an [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Senior scientist.<ref name="INSA Senior Scientist" />

Adiga's early researches were focused on the growth and intermediary metabolism of fungi and insects and how they were impacted by the trace elements and metal toxicity.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> His work on ''[[Lathyrus sativus]]'', commonly known as grass pea, revealed that [[Oxalyldiaminopropionic acid|N-oxalyl-diaminopropionic acid]], a neurotoxin present in the plant caused the neurological disorder of [[neurolathyrism]] in humans.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> He was also credited with the discovery of [[Homoarginine]], an [[amino acid]] derivative, found in ''Lathyrus sativus''.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Later, he worked on vitamin-carrying proteins which demonstrated how the proteins carried vitamins such as [[thiamin]] and [[riboflavin]] to the foetus and his experiments on rodents showed antibodies generated during pregnancy might cause its termination.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=23 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He documented his researches by way of several articles in peer-reviewed journals<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/66354739_P_R_ADIGA |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 |publisher=On ResearchGate}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and the online article repository of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] has listed 192 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Adiga=3APerdur_Radhakantha=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He edited the book, ''Perspectives in Primate Reproductive Biology''<ref name="Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology">{{Cite book |url=http://library.kyu.ac.ug/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39214 |title=Perspectives In Primate Reproductive Biology |author1=N.R. Moudgal|author2=K. Yoshinaga|author3=A.J. Rao|author4=P.R. Adiga |publisher=Wiley Eastern |year=1991 |isbn=8122403182 |page=364}}</ref> and contributed chapters to many books published by others;<ref name="Symposium2009">{{cite book|author=CIBA Foundation Symposium|title=Molecular Biology of Egg Maturation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQUL_kG9c3EC&pg=PA130|date=14 September 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-71849-0|pages=130–}}</ref><ref name="Gupta2012">{{cite book|author=Satish Kumar Gupta|title=Reproductive Immunology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMjrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA344|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-011-4197-0|pages=344–}}</ref><ref name="Staff1999">{{cite book|author=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff|title=Lathyrus Genetic Resources Network|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Am21L7nykgC&pg=PA63|date=1 December 1999|publisher=Bioversity International|isbn=978-92-9043-394-1|pages=63–}}</ref><ref name="GalstonSmith2012">{{cite book|author1=Arthur W. Galston|author2=T.A. Smith|author3=P. R. Adiga, G. L. Prasad|title=Polyamines in Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckLvCAAAQBAJ|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-5171-6|chapter=Biosynthesis and regulation of polyamines in higher plants}}</ref> his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.<ref name="Dakshinamurti1994">{{cite book|author=Krishnamurti Dakshinamurti|title=Vitamin Receptors: Vitamins as Ligands in Cell Communication - Metabolic Indicators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbGkNpRqZyoC&pg=PA173|date=21 July 1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-39280-8|pages=173–}}</ref><ref name="GhoseGhosh2003">{{cite book|author1=Tarun K. Ghose|author2=Purnendu Ghosh|title=Biotechnology in India II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfhsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213|date=3 July 2003|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-540-36466-5|pages=213–}}</ref><ref name="SlocumFlores1991">{{cite book|author1=Robert D. Slocum|author2=Hector E. Flores|title=Biochemistry and Physiology of Polyamines in Plants|url=https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc|url-access=registration|date=20 December 1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-6865-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biochemistryphys00sloc/page/21 21]–}}</ref> He was also associated with two journals, ''[[Journal of Biosciences]]'' and ''[[Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology]]'' as a member of their editorial boards.<ref name="Deceased fellow" />

Adiga died on 13 September 2006, at the age of 71, survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" />

== Awards and honors ==
Adiga won the Giri Memorial Medal of the Indian Institute of Science in 1963, for his PhD thesis.<ref name="P. R. Adiga (1935–2006)" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1980.<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2013-02-24 }}</ref> Two years later, he received the Sanjay Gandhi Award for Science and Technology, the same year that he was elected as a fellow to the Indian Academy of Sciences.<ref name="IAS fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indnet.org/ias/Contents/Fellowship/Fellows/k-index.html |title=IAS fellowship |year=2017 |publisher=IndNet}}</ref> The Society of Biological Chemists (India) awarded him the Professor M. Srinivasayya Award in 1984<ref name="M. Srinivasayya Award">{{Cite web |url=http://iiscp.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/smaward.html |title=M. Srinivasayya Award |date=2017 |publisher=Society of Biological Chemists, India |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224131439/http://iiscp.iisc.ernet.in/sbci/smaward.html |archive-date=24 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] elected him as a fellow the same year.<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001952/http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His award orations include the Professor M. R. N. Prasad Memorial lecture of the Indian National Science Academy in 1992.<ref name="Professor M. R. N. Prasad Memorial lecture">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol60B_1994_1_Art01.pdf |title=Professor M. R. N. Prasad Memorial lecture |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Chapters ===
* {{cite book|author=International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Staff|title=Lathyrus Genetic Resources Network|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Am21L7nykgC&pg=PA63|date=1 December 1999|publisher=Bioversity International|isbn=978-92-9043-394-1|pages=63–}}
* {{cite book|author=CIBA Foundation Symposium|title=Molecular Biology of Egg Maturation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQUL_kG9c3EC&pg=PA130|date=14 September 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-71849-0|pages=130–}}
* {{cite book|author=Satish Kumar Gupta|title=Reproductive Immunology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMjrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA344|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-011-4197-0|pages=344–}}
* {{cite book|author1=Arthur W. Galston|author2=T.A. Smith|author3=P. R. Adiga, G. L. Prasad|title=Polyamines in Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ckLvCAAAQBAJ|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-5171-6|chapter=Biosynthesis and regulation of polyamines in higher plants}}

=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |author1=Rao Saligame|author2=L. K. Ramachandran|author3=P. R. Adiga |title=The Isolation and Characterization of L-Homoarginine from Seeds of Lathyrus sativus |journal=Biochemistry |publication-date=1963 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=298–300 |doi=10.1021/bi00902a019 |year=1963}}
* {{Cite journal |author1=K. Sivarama Sastry|author2=Padmanaban Govindarajan|author3=P. R. Adiga|author4=P. S. Sarma |title=A sensitive microbiological assay procedure for determining magnesium in biological materials |journal=The Analyst |publication-date=1963 |volume=88 |issue=1048 |doi=10.1039/an9638800534 |year=1963 |page=534}}
* {{Cite journal |author1=P. R. Adiga|author2=P. S. Sarma|author3=Rao Saligame |title=The Isolation and Characterization of β-N-Oxalyl-L-α,β-Diaminopropionic Acid: A Neurotoxin from the Seeds of Lathyrus sativus |journal=Biochemistry |publication-date=1964 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=432–6 |doi=10.1021/bi00891a022 |pmid=14155110 |year=1964}}
* {{Cite journal |author1=P. R. Adiga|author2=P. S. Sarma |title=Cysteine toxicity in Neurospora crassa: comparison of counteraction by sulphur amino acids and iron |journal=Indian journal of biochemistry |publication-date=1970 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=141–4}}
* {{Cite journal |author1=P. R. Adiga|author2=P. S. Sarma |title=The influence of ribonucleic acid & some of its structural constituents on metal toxicities in Corcyra cephalonica St |journal=Indian journal of biochemistry |publication-date=1970 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=130–2}}

== See also ==
* [[Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/browse?type=advisor&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Adiga%2C+P+R |title=Browsing by Advisor Adiga, P R |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science |page=List of articles}}

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