Dr. M.S. Swaminathan : Biography




Part-5.


Crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner, Swaminathan worked from 1952 to 1954 at a new Inter-Regional Potato Introduction Station in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

During this period Swaminathan gained practical knowledge of plant hybridization : combining different varieties of the same plant species in order to create a new plant better adapted to the soil and climate conditions of a particular region.

He published nine papers about his experiments, beginning a publishing history that would grow to include an eventual 250 papers and several books.

Offered a professorship at the University of Wisconsin after his stint in Sturgeon Bay, Swaminathan instead chose to return to India instead and work toward making that country a better place to live.

To be continued  ...




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