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Plant diseases, global food security and the role of R. Glenn Anderson

Abstract R. Glenn Anderson was Norman Borlaug’s ‘green fingered agricultural scientist’ and a 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 programmes, as well as strengthening the training of young scientists. Aspects of his work and other issues will be discussed in relation to present day global food security.