Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections - Applied Research Center ...

The AuthorsDalbir Singh, Ph.D., former Professor of Botany, Universityof Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, received his Master’sdegree in Botany in 1952 and his Ph.D. in ReproductiveBiology and Developmental Morphology in 1959 fromAgra University. For 40 years (1952 to 1992), he taughtgenerations of graduate and postgraduate students, andconducted courses in reproductive biology, embryology,anatomy, seed pathology, and seed technology. Dr.Singh initiated the teaching of seed pathology and seedtechnology to postgraduate students in the Departmentof Botany at Jaipur in 1975.For the past 50 years, Dr. Singh has been involved inresearch concerning the development and structure of seed in economically importantfamilies of angiosperms and the histopathology of seeds infected with fungal pathogens.Since 1973 he has been associated with the Danish Government Institute ofSeed Pathology for Developing Countries (DGISP). He and his collaborators havemade significant contributions to the histopathology of a large number of fungalpathogens in the seeds of cereals, oilseeds, legumes, and spices. His research alsoconcerns histology of physiogenic disorders in pea and chickpea, nematode galldevelopment and structure in wheat, and more recently (after 1985), the histopathologyof seeds infected with bacteria. He has guided 40 successful Ph.D. candidatesand has published 300 research papers. Dr. Singh was awarded the Birbal SahniMedal of the Indian Botanical Society in 1992 for his outstanding research contributions.Dr. Singh is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. He visitedthe former U.S.S.R. in 1977 as a member of an Indian delegation of botanists undera bilateral exchange program. From 1986 to 1987, he was a Visiting Professor atASEAN PLANT I, a Regional Plant Quarantine and Training Institute in KualaLumpur. Dr. Singh has been associated with several national and internationalbotanical societies. He served as the Secretary of the Indian Botanical Society from1986 to 1992 and as its President in 1995 and 1996. From 1993 to 1994, he wasthe President, Section of Botany, Indian Science Congress Association. He is currentlythe Additional Secretary of the International Society of Plant Morphologists.