Vijaypal Singh


Thakur Vijay Pal Singh (born 1923)[1] is an Indian scientist associated with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and is known for his contributions to the science of rice breeding. A post graduate and a doctoral degree (PhD) holder in Agriculture Botany from Agra University, he started his career as a research assistant at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi[1] and is a professor at the ICAR sponsored Centre of Advanced Faculty Training in Agronomy.[2] Singh is credited with a book, Responses of Irrigation Scheduling and I.N.M. on Scented Rice[3] and several articles published in peer reviewed journals.[4] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[5]

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References
  1. "Airea". Airea. 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. "CAFTA" (PDF). CAFTA. 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. Vijay Pal; Prasann Kumar; M.M. Singh (2013). Responses of Irrigation Scheduling and I.N.M. on Scented Rice. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3659475979.
  4. Rota Arora; Pinky Agarwal; Swatismita Ray; Ashok Kumar Singh; Vijay Pal Singh; Akhilesh K Thyagi; Sanjay Kapur (July 2007). "MADS-box Gene family in Rice: genome-wide identification, organization and expression of profiling during reproductive development and stress". BMC Genomics. 8 (242): 242. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-242. PMC 1947970. PMID 17640358.
  5. "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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