Background
Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana was born on July 1, 1951 in Mandadam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
plant nutritionist plant physiologist
Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana was born on July 1, 1951 in Mandadam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bachelor of Science, Andhra U., Waltair, India, 1971; Master of Science, Bhopal (India) U., 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Sri Venkateswara U., Tirupati, India, 1978.
Research associate, U. Hyderabad, India, 1978-1979; plant physiologist, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India, 1979-1980; research associate, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1981-1982; research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1983-1984; research plant physiologist, University of California, Berkeley, 1985-1986; assistant specialist, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1988; plant nutritionist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia, since 1989. Visiting science BTI at Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1982.
Member American Society Plant Physiology, American Society Agronomy, Crop Science Society American, Soil Science Society American, New York Academy Sciences.
Son of Idupulapati Nageswara Rao and Rajya Lakshmi (Jammula) Idupulapati;m. Kusuma Kumari Yarlagadda, June 9, 1973. Children: Madhuri, Subhashini.