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