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{{short description|Indian plant pathologist (born 1931)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Kishan Singh
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|7|10}}
| birth_place = India
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Plant pathology]] | [[Nematode|Phytonematology]] }}
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| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology]] }}
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| known_for = Pathology of [[sugarcane]]
| awards = 1976 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]
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'''Kishan Singh''' (born 1931) is an Indian plant pathologist, known for his contributions to the pathology of crops, especially [[sugarcane]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=325 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MEHROTRA2005">{{cite book|author=MEHROTRA|title=PLANT PATHOLOGY|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abu-ac7MGvIC&pg=PA36|year=2005|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-1-259-08226-9|pages=36–}}</ref> An alumnus of the [[Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology]],<ref name="Alumni of the Department become stalwarts nationally and internationally">{{cite web | url=http://csauk.ac.in/deptplantpathalogy-academics.html | title=Alumni of the Department become stalwarts nationally and internationally | publisher=Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology | date=2016 | access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> he is reported to have done seminal research on the epidemiology and control of sugarcane diseases and suggested disease management through hot air therapy.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=September 19, 2016 | pages=36 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has published his research findings by way of articles and books, which include ''Soil fungicides'' (2 volumes),<ref name="SinhaSingh1988">{{cite book|author1=A. P. Sinha|author2=Kishan Singh|author3=Amar Nath Mukhopadhyay|title=Soil fungicides|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOvwAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-4548-7}}</ref> ''Recent advances in plant pathology'',<ref name="Recent advances in plant pathology">{{cite book | title=Recent advances in plant pathology | publisher=CBS Publishers |author1=Kishan Singh |author2=V P Agnihotri |author3=Akhtar Husain | year=1989 | pages=521 | oclc=818809324}}</ref>
''The national research grid for sugarcane in India'',<ref name="SinghSingh1981">{{cite book|author1=Kishan Singh|author2=Bakhtawar Singh|title=The National Research Grid for Sugarcane in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z38_AAAAYAAJ|date=1981|publisher=Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research}}</ref> ''Sugarcane diseases and prospects of their control'',<ref name="Sugarcane diseases and prospects of their control">{{cite book | title=Sugarcane diseases and prospects of their control | publisher=Indian institute of sugarcane research | author=Kishan Singh | year=1966 | pages=11 | oclc=236140939}}</ref> ''Diseases of sugarbeet in India'',<ref name="Diseases of sugarbeet in India">{{cite book | title=Diseases of sugarbeet in India | publisher=India exchange |author1=Kishan Singh |author2=S N Srivastava |author3=S R Misra | year=1971 | pages=4 | oclc=236131383}}</ref> ''Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane : III: response of varieties to infection'',<ref name="Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane : III: response of varieties to infection">{{cite book | title=Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane : III: response of varieties to infection |author1=Kishan Singh |author2=U S Shukla |author3=S R Misra | year=1970 | pages=4 | oclc=236130800}}</ref> ''Innovations in companion cropping with sugarcane''<ref name="Singh1971">{{cite book|author=Kishan Singh|title=Innovations in Companion Cropping with Sugarcane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lORrPgAACAAJ|year=1971|publisher=India exchange}}</ref> and ''Laminar infection of sugarcane leaves by red rot (Physalospora tucumanensis) organism in nature''.<ref name="Laminar infection of sugarcane leaves by red rot (Physalospora tucumanensis) organism in nature">{{cite book | title=Laminar infection of sugarcane leaves by red rot (Physalospora tucumanensis) organism in nature |author1=Kishan Singh |author2=K C Alexander | year=1970 | oclc=236131386}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1976, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Plant pathology]]
* [[List of sugarcane diseases]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite journal | title=Influence of the Herbicide Alachlor on Soil Microorganisms and Carbon Dioxide Production | author=A. P. Sinha, V. P. Agnihotri, Kishan Singh | journal=Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy | date=August 1980 | volume=46 | issue=4}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:Phytopathologists]]
[[Category:Indian scientific authors]]
[[Category:1931 births]]
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