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| Born | 15 June 1884 Salem, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now in Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 18 January 1963 (aged 78) Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India |
| Nationality | British Indian (1884–1947) Indian (1947–1963) |
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| Known for | Hybridisation of sugarcane varieties |
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Rao Bahadur Sir Tiruvadi Sambasiva Iyer Venkataraman[1][2] CIE, FNI, FASc (15 June 1884 – 18 January 1963) was an Indian botanist, agronomist and plant geneticist who specialised in the study and hybridisation of sugarcane.[3] He developed or supervised the development of numerous high-yield sugarcane cultivars, which established India as the world's second largest sugar producer and sustained the sugar industries of numerous other nations, including South Africa, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the United States.[3][4]
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