Janaki Ammal
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 40 years ago |
Date of birth | November 4,1897 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Thalassery |
India | |
Date of died | February 7,1984 |
Died | Maduravoyal |
Chennai | |
India | |
Parents | Dewan Bahadur Edavalath Kakkat Krishnan |
Devi Kuruvayi | |
Residence | India |
Fields | Botany |
Cell biology | |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Current partner | Krishnaswami Ramiah |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Field | Cytology |
Education | University of Michigan |
John Innes Centre | |
Presidency College Chennai | |
Queen Mary's College | |
Thesi | Chromosome Studies in Nicandra physaloides |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 705204 |
Janaki Ammal Life story
Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal was an Indian botanist who worked on plant breeding, cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involved studies on sugarcane and the eggplant. She also worked on the cytogenetics of a range of plants and co-authored the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants with C.D.