Janaki Ammal
Indian botanist
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... Wikipedia
Born: November 4, 1897, Thalassery, India
Died: February 7, 1984 (age 86 years), Maduravoyal, Chennai, India
Education: University of Michigan (1931), John Innes Centre, Presidency College Chennai, and more
Parents: Dewan Bahadur Edavalath Kakkat Krishnan and Devi Kuruvayi
Awards: Padma Shri 1977
Fields: Botany, Cytology
Thesis: Chromosome Studies in Nicandra physaloides