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{{Short description|An Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist}}
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'''Dilbagh Singh Athwal''' (12 October 1928 – 14 May 2017) was an Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist, known to have conducted pioneering research in [[plant breeding]].<ref name="PAU to publish biographies of legendary scientists">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/education/pau-to-publish-biographies-of-legendary-scientists/166042.html | title=PAU to publish biographies of legendary scientists | publisher=Tribune India | date=3 December 2015 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> He was a professor and the Head of the Department of Plant Breeding at [[Punjab Agricultural University]] and an associate of [[Norman Borlaug]], the renowned biologist and [[Nobel Laureate]],<ref name="New Horizons in Wheat Production">{{cite web | url=http://libcatalog.cimmyt.org/download/borlaug/669.pdf | title=New Horizons in Wheat Production | publisher=CIMMYT | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> with whom he has collaborated for the introduction of high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat.<ref>{{cite book|title=Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: A list of publications in which national scientists have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbNQiG37DXsC&pg=PA32|year=1997|publisher=CIMMYT|isbn=978-970-648-055-2|pages=32–}}</ref>  
'''Dilbagh Singh Athwal''' (12 October 1928 – 14 May 2017) was an Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist, known to have conducted pioneering research in [[plant breeding]].<ref name="PAU to publish biographies of legendary scientists">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/education/pau-to-publish-biographies-of-legendary-scientists/166042.html | title=PAU to publish biographies of legendary scientists | publisher=Tribune India | date=3 December 2015 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> He was a professor and the Head of the Department of Plant Breeding at [[Punjab Agricultural University]] and an associate of [[Norman Borlaug]], the renowned biologist and [[Nobel Laureate]],<ref name="New Horizons in Wheat Production">{{cite web | url=http://libcatalog.cimmyt.org/download/borlaug/669.pdf | title=New Horizons in Wheat Production | publisher=CIMMYT | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016 | archive-date=9 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509143205/http://libcatalog.cimmyt.org/download/borlaug/669.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> with whom he has collaborated for the introduction of high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat.<ref>{{cite book|title=Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: A list of publications in which national scientists have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbNQiG37DXsC&pg=PA32|year=1997|publisher=CIMMYT|isbn=978-970-648-055-2|pages=32–}}</ref>  


Popularly known as '''Father of Wheat Revolution''', he was instrumental in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967.<ref name="dailyworld.in">http://dailyworld.in/father-of-wheat-revolution-d-s-athwal-passes-away-in-us/</ref><ref name=HTObit>{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-passes-away/story-ZrvUSsethoakAa3DZl9V1J.html | title=‘Father of Wheat Revolution’ DS Athwal passes away | date=15 May 2017 | newspaper=Hindustan Times | access-date=22 March 2018 }}</ref> In 1967, he joined [[International Rice Research Institute]]'s management team and ultimately served as the Institute's first deputy director general.<ref>http://irri.org/about-us/our-people/management/57-publications?start=88</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-dies-in-usa/articleshow/58685056.cms# |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527055332/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-dies-in-usa/articleshow/58685056.cms# |archive-date=27 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His research has also returned several innovations in rice breeding<ref name="Rockwood2001">{{cite book|author=Walter G. Rockwood|title=Rice Research and Production in the 21st Century: Symposium Honoring Robert F. Chandler, Jr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dw3o-b7TdwEC&pg=PA130|year=2001|publisher=Int. Rice Res. Inst.|isbn=978-971-22-0163-9|pages=130–}}</ref> and his body of work has been documented in a number of books and articles published in peer reviewed journals.<ref name="Kaul2012">{{cite book|author=Mohan L.H. Kaul|title=Male Sterility in Higher Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCX7CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA888|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-83139-3|pages=888–}}</ref><ref name="SinghSingh2005">{{cite book|author1=Dhan Pal Singh|author2=Arti Singh|title=Disease and Insect Resistance in Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByWGoE_ifs4C&pg=PA325|year=2005|publisher=Science Publishers|isbn=978-1-57808-412-8|pages=325–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Advances in Agronomy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YR6PH_EhpgsC&pg=PA87|year=1968|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-056333-6|pages=87–}}</ref> The [[University of Sydney]] conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on him in 1955 for his contributions to agriculture<ref name="Doctors of Philosophy">{{cite web | url=http://calendararchive.usyd.edu.au/Calendar/1970_supp/PDF/1970-A%20-%200432.pdf | title=Doctors of Philosophy | publisher=University of Sydney | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> and, in 1964, he received [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the highest Indian award in the Science category.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=294 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1975, for his contributions to biological science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
Popularly known as '''Father of Wheat Revolution''', he was instrumental in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967.<ref name=HTObit>{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-passes-away/story-ZrvUSsethoakAa3DZl9V1J.html | title='Father of Wheat Revolution' DS Athwal passes away | date=15 May 2017 | newspaper=Hindustan Times | access-date=22 March 2018 }}</ref> In 1967, he joined [[International Rice Research Institute]]'s management team and ultimately served as the Institute's first deputy director general.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irri.org/about-us/our-people/management/57-publications?start=88|title = Our People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-dies-in-usa/articleshow/58685056.cms |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527055332/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/father-of-wheat-revolution-ds-athwal-dies-in-usa/articleshow/58685056.cms |archive-date=27 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His research has also returned several innovations in rice breeding<ref name="Rockwood2001">{{cite book|author=Walter G. Rockwood|title=Rice Research and Production in the 21st Century: Symposium Honoring Robert F. Chandler, Jr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dw3o-b7TdwEC&pg=PA130|year=2001|publisher=Int. Rice Res. Inst.|isbn=978-971-22-0163-9|pages=130–}}</ref> and his body of work has been documented in a number of books and articles published in peer reviewed journals.<ref name="Kaul2012">{{cite book|author=Mohan L.H. Kaul|title=Male Sterility in Higher Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCX7CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA888|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-83139-3|pages=888–}}</ref><ref name="SinghSingh2005">{{cite book|author1=Dhan Pal Singh|author2=Arti Singh|title=Disease and Insect Resistance in Plants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByWGoE_ifs4C&pg=PA325|year=2005|publisher=Science Publishers|isbn=978-1-57808-412-8|pages=325–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Advances in Agronomy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YR6PH_EhpgsC&pg=PA87|year=1968|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-056333-6|pages=87–}}</ref> The [[University of Sydney]] conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on him in 1955 for his contributions to agriculture<ref name="Doctors of Philosophy">{{cite web | url=http://calendararchive.usyd.edu.au/Calendar/1970_supp/PDF/1970-A%20-%200432.pdf | title=Doctors of Philosophy | publisher=University of Sydney | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> and, in 1964, he received [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the highest Indian award in the Science category.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=294 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="HTObit" /> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1975, for his contributions to biological science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


He died in New Jersey on 14 May 2017.<ref>http://www.uniindia.com/-father-of-wheat-revolution--ds-athwal-is-no-more/states/news/871868.html</ref><ref name=HTObit />
He died in New Jersey on 14 May 2017.<ref name=HTObit />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Plant breeding]]
[[Category:Indian botanical writers]]
[[Category:Indian botanical writers]]
[[Category:Indian academics]]
[[Category:Punjab Agricultural University faculty]]
[[Category:Punjab Agricultural University people]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]


Latest revision as of 09:49, 21 June 2022

Dilbagh Singh Athwal
Born(1928-10-12)12 October 1928
India
Died14 May 2017(2017-05-14) (aged 88)
New Jersey,[1] United States
OccupationPlant breeder
Agriculturist
Geneticist
Known forNew varieties of wheat and rice
AwardsPadma Bhushan
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Dilbagh Singh Athwal (12 October 1928 – 14 May 2017) was an Indian geneticist, plant breeder and agriculturist, known to have conducted pioneering research in plant breeding.[2] He was a professor and the Head of the Department of Plant Breeding at Punjab Agricultural University and an associate of Norman Borlaug, the renowned biologist and Nobel Laureate,[3] with whom he has collaborated for the introduction of high-yielding dwarf varieties of wheat.[4]

Popularly known as Father of Wheat Revolution, he was instrumental in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967.[1] In 1967, he joined International Rice Research Institute's management team and ultimately served as the Institute's first deputy director general.[5][6] His research has also returned several innovations in rice breeding[7] and his body of work has been documented in a number of books and articles published in peer reviewed journals.[8][9][10] The University of Sydney conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on him in 1955 for his contributions to agriculture[11] and, in 1964, he received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the highest Indian award in the Science category.[12][1] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to biological science.[13]

He died in New Jersey on 14 May 2017.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "'Father of Wheat Revolution' DS Athwal passes away". Hindustan Times. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "PAU to publish biographies of legendary scientists". Tribune India. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Horizons in Wheat Production" (PDF). CIMMYT. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Wheat, barley, and triticale cultivars: A list of publications in which national scientists have noted the cooperation or germplasm they received from CIMMYT. CIMMYT. 1997. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-970-648-055-2.
  5. ↑ "Our People".
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ Walter G. Rockwood (2001). Rice Research and Production in the 21st Century: Symposium Honoring Robert F. Chandler, Jr. Int. Rice Res. Inst. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-971-22-0163-9.
  8. ↑ Mohan L.H. Kaul (6 December 2012). Male Sterility in Higher Plants. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 888–. ISBN 978-3-642-83139-3.
  9. ↑ Dhan Pal Singh; Arti Singh (2005). Disease and Insect Resistance in Plants. Science Publishers. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-1-57808-412-8.
  10. ↑ Advances in Agronomy. Academic Press. 1968. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-0-08-056333-6.
  11. ↑ "Doctors of Philosophy" (PDF). University of Sydney. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.


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