Gurdev Singh Khush
Agriculture
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Gurdev Singh Khush received BSc (Agri) degree (1955) from Government Agricultural College (now Punjab Agricultural University), Ludhiana and PhD (1960) from the University of California, Davis. After serving as an Assistant Geneticist at University of California, Davis for seven years, he joined International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Philippines (1967) as a Plant Breeder. He was promoted as Head of Plant Breeding Department in 1972 and became Principal Plant Breeder and Head, Division of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry (1986). He retired from IRRI in 2002 and joined the University of California, Davis as an Adjunct Professor in Plant Sciences Department.
Research Interest
Plant Breeding and Genetics
