Lekh Raj Batra | |
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Born | Lekh Raj Batra 26 November 1929 |
Died | 20 May 1999 Washington D.C., United States | (aged 69)
Nationality | Indian, American |
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Spouse | Suzanne Batra |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mycology |
Institutions | |
Thesis | (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard P. Korf |
Lekh Raj Batra (26 November 1929 – 20 May 1999) was a distinguished mycologist and linguist.[1] He studied the symbiotic relationships of fungi and beetles focusing on ambrosia beetles and fungi, bio-systematics of hemiascomycetes and discomycetes and fungal diseases.[2]