Abstract
We honour here Tadimeti Raja Rao (1930-2022), a wonderful human being – who was a friend to many and a superb plant physiologist of our time. His research began with discoveries in organic acid metabolism in plants, and on the effects of virus infection on nitrogen metabolism. Raja Rao (also spelled as ‘Rajarao’) followed this research by providing novel and practical information on the effects of several growth regulators (hormones) on the physiology of many plants, particularly sugarcane, guava, Indian gooseberry, and gladiolus, among others. During his later academic life, he gave unique and valuable guidance to many for the improvement of ‘crop production’ which was vital for plant biotechnology. We end this tribute to Raja Rao with Reminiscences from his family (Sarada, his wife, and Visweswara Rao and Srinivasa Rao, their sons); his friends from Allahabad (Rajni Govindjee and Raj Prasad), and two of the co-authors (Sheo Mohan Prasad and G. S. R. Murti#).
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