Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
Janaki Ammal's sugarcane hybrids
1930s-1940sE. K. Janaki AmmalSugarcane Breeding Institute, CoimbatoreTamil Nadu
1930
Bred high-yield sugarcane hybrids and co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants (1945).
- Dated
- 1930–1940
- As scholars put it
- 1930s-1940s
- Originator
- E. K. Janaki Ammal
- Source text
- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Agriculture, Botany & Everyday Tech
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Path to modern innovation
Boosted India's sugar self-sufficiency.
Builds on
500 BCETransmission
Worked in India and the UK.
References
- 1INSA memoirs
Further reading
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