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Virender Lal Chopra

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Virender Lal Chopra was an Indian biotechnologist and geneticist who contributed to the development of wheat production in India across a career centered on agricultural research administration. He served as director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute beginning in 1979, overseeing research planning in genetics and biotechnology, and later became director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the country's apex agency for agricultural education and research. He authored books including Plant Breeding: Theory and Practice and Breeding Field Crops, worked on incorporating drought and salinity resistance into crop plants, and served as chief technical adviser to the Vietnamese government on an FAO assignment that helped establish the Agriculture Genetics Institute in Hanoi.

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Birth Year
1936 1
Death Year
2020 1
Nationality
Indian 1
Defining Contribution
Director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, credited with contributing to the development of wheat production in India. 1
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India

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Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 – 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
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1. Virender Lal Chopra - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, birth date
    Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 - 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
  • Lead section, death date
    Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 - 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
  • Lead section, nationality descriptor
    Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 - 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
  • Lead section, ICAR role
    Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936 - 18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
  • Works In: Plant Breeding, Lead paragraph
    Virender Lal Chopra (9 August 1936-18 April 2020) was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India.
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