1st plant protection advisor to the Govt. of India was
A. H. S. Pruthi
B. H. M. Lefroy
C. Ronald Ross
D. S. Ross
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
1st plant protection advisor to the Govt. of India was H. S. Pruthi.He was a plant protection advisor to the Government of India and helped establish a locust warning system. He retired in 1953.
In 1963 he published a Textbook on Agricultural Entomology. Several genera of hemipterans have been named after him including Pruthiana, Pruthiorosius and Pruthius.
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