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R. Glenn Anderson was Norman Borlaug’s “green fingered agricultural scientist” and humanitarian who captained the wheat revolution in India during the 1960s. Afterwards, he directed the CIMMYT International Wheat Program where he was instrumental in establishing increased wheat disease surveys, broadening of the wheat genetic diversity for adaptation, and disease resistance. He institutionalized multi-location yield and disease testing/analysis and regional breeding programs, as well as strengthening the training of young scientists. Aspects of his work and other issues are discussed in relation to present-day global food security.
This chapter was a contribution to the Keynote Session entitled “Emerging Plant Diseases and Global Food Security” held during the International Congress of Plant Pathology 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 31, 2018. Some of the materials are based on unpublished observations and personal discussion of the authors with Glenn Anderson over the years 1970–1980. Wherever feasible, published citations are given.
First published in Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2019) 41, 311–317 and reproduced here with the permission of the Canadian Phytopathological Society.
Tragically, S. Rajaram died due to COVID-19 during production of this book.
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We gratefully acknowledge the Canadian Phytopathological Society and the International Congress of Plant Pathology 2018 for the invitation and financial support to present The Glenn Anderson Lecture, and for publication of the presentation. We also thank Brent McCallum for his help. We thank J. P. Gustafson and M. A. McMahon for their comments and inputs on the manuscript. We also are grateful to D. Byerlee and R. DePauw for their role as reviewers. Any inadvertent errors in the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the authors.
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Rajaram, S., Dubin, H.J. (2021). Plant Diseases, Global Food Security and the Role of R. Glenn Anderson. In: Scott, P., Strange, R., Korsten, L., Gullino, M.L. (eds) Plant Diseases and Food Security in the 21st Century. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57899-2_3
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