Gurdev Khush

Awards

1. 1987

   Japan Prize — Improvement of Biological Functions

   Biology

   for the development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones.

2. 2000

   Wolf Prize — Agriculture

   Biology

   for his extraordinary contribution to theoretical research in plant genetics, evolution and breeding especially of rice, with regard to food production and alleviation of hunger.