Full name: Professor Yuan LongPing Date of Birth: 7 September 1930 Affiliations (at the time of the award): Professor, Director General of Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Field: Agriculture Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: The 2011 Mahathir Science Award is awarded to Professor Yuan LongPing in recognition of…
Full name: Gurdev Singh Khush Date of Birth: August 22,1935 Affiliations (at the time of the award): Adjunct Professor, University of California, Davis CA 95616-7008, USA Field: Genetics and Plant Breeding Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: Dr. G.S. Khush is world’s premier rice breeder. He led the…