Background
Ahloowalia, Beant Singh was born on September 6, 1936 in Tarntarn, Punjab, India. Son of Harchand Singh and Hukam Devi (Jadri) Ahloowalia. arrived in Austria, 1993.
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Beant Singh Ahloowalia
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Beant Singh Ahloowalia, Indian Plant breeder, geneticist. Achievements include research on a modular system for plant micropropagation; first to report somaclonal variation in plant tissue cultures; first to suggest that transposable genes may become activated in plant tissue cultured plants. Predoctoral Hutchinson fellow University of Chicago, 1958-1960; travel grantee European Comty., 1985, 92.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Government Agricultural College, Ludhiana, 1955; Association, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1961.
Career
Research scientist-geneticist, Agriculture and Food. Development Authority, Dublin, Ireland, 1964-1992;
technical officer, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, since 1993. Visiting scientist Agrigenetics Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985-1986, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Aiea, Hawaii, 1980-1981.
Postdoctoral fellow Agrl.U., Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1961-1962.
Achievements
Membership
Member of committee on genetic manipulation Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1979-1983. Fellow Indian Society Plant Breeding and Genetics. Member American Institute Biological Sciences, Crop Science Society American, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Maureen Brigit Reade, August 31, 1967 (separated). Children: Ajit Singh, Simone Anne.
