Dr Balaji Aglave
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A fifteen-year-old girl, Tanishka Aglave, born in a village in Maharashtra, India, has made a significant contribution toward solving a major agricultural challenge in the United States. Tanishka has received numerous awards for her work, including the United States President’s Environmental Youth Award and the H. Robert Horvitz Award for Fundamental Research. She developed a formulation derived from the Indian plant curry leaf (Kadipatta ) to combat citrus greening disease, one of the most devastating diseases affecting orange crops. The citrus industry in the United States has struggled with this disease for more than 26 years, and her formulation represents one of the first promising solutions for its management. Her work has opened new economic opportunities by creating demand for curry leaf–based extracts produced in India. A U.S.-based biopesticide company has already placed an order for 20,000 liters of curry leaf extract formulation from Pune, India and many more to come..
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