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Born in 1897, Janaki Ammal was a trailblazing botanist in plant breeding, genetics & cytogenetics.

She overcame gender & caste discrimination & was the first Indian woman to obtain a PhD in botany in the U.S.

Ammal promoted conservation & was a pioneer of indigenous environmental approaches.
Janaki Ammal
October 4, 2023 at 9:00 PM
mujeresconciencia.com
Endulza tu café: Janaki Ammal, la botánica que estudió la caña de azúcar
Endulza tu café: Janaki Ammal, la botánica que estudió la caña de azúcar - Mujeres con ciencia
Janaki Ammal. Caña de azúcar. Berenjena. Botánica. Medio ambiente. Citogenética. Fitogeografía. Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants. “Janaki Brengal”.
mujeresconciencia.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
seriouslysci.bsky.social
Remembering Janaki Ammal on International Women's Day!

In the 1930s, India’s sugarcane was weak and low-yield. Janaki used cytogenetics to "engineer" the crop, cross-breeding it with wild grasses to create the sweet, robust hybrids that feed millions today. 🌿🔬

#WomenInScience
A restored and colorized historical portrait of the pioneering Indian botanist Janaki Ammal. She stands outdoors in a garden setting, looking directly at the camera with a calm and determined expression. She is wearing a traditional sari in shades of white and green. The natural lighting of the outdoor setting highlights her features and the textures of her clothing. The image captures Ammal as a trailblazer, the first Indian woman to earn a PhD in Botany at the height of her influence in the field of cytogenetics. Digital restoration and colorization by Seriously Scientific.
March 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
eivind1984.bsky.social
Ammal Ahmed Haj Mohamed leverte den beste appellen jeg kan huske å ha hørt på lang tid, under 1. mai i Bergen idag! Imponerende å gi en så upyntet virkelighetsbeskrivelse, men samtidig klare å inspirere til kamp, samhold og solidaritet. Takk! Tusen takk!
May 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
bucbotany.bsky.social
🌱🌾🌳🌍🌎🌏Fascinating life history of a 20th century botanist and plant scientist working in USA, UK and India.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...
EK Janaki Ammal: The 'nomad' flower scientist India forgot
EK Janaki Ammal studied a wide range of flowering plants in a career spanning almost 60 years.
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October 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
la-bella-anna.bsky.social
Hotelhangen in Kanazawa. Pootjes zijn moe, hoofd is moe. Maar poeh, wat is het toch ammal mooi.
July 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM
kylietcheung.bsky.social
“When people talk about PTSD, it doesn’t apply to Gaza, because it’s never ‘post.’ It’s a situation of continuous trauma"—Ammal Awadallah, executive director of Palestine Family Planning and Protection Association (PFPPA) www.jezebel.com/unicef-spoke...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:38 AM
minouette.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Indian #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied: #sugarcane, #magnolia & eggplant. 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci

A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman 🧵
My linocut portrait of Janaki Ammal on speckled cream coloured washi paper, in purple ink, seated, in a sari and looking over her shoulder. There are mitosis diagrams on her sari. She is surrounded by plants she worked on: sugarcane in green to her left, magnolia with purple-brown branches and white blossoms outlined in silver to her right and a purple eggplant with pink blossom, and green leaves and stem at the bottom.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
minouette.bsky.social
Day 29 #SciArtSeptember prompt foresight: #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied. 🐡🧪👩🏾‍🔬

A trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & early woman in US #botany PhD, 🧵
My linocut portrait of Janaki Ammal on speckled cream coloured washi paper, in purple ink, seated, in a sari and looking over her shoulder. There are mitosis diagrams on her sari. She is surrounded by plants she worked on: sugarcane in green to her left, magnolia with purple-brown branches and white blossoms outlined in silver to her right and a purple eggplant with pink blossom, and green leaves and stem at the bottom.
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
wisarchive.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal was born 128 years ago today! A legend of botanical genetics, she studied how polyploidy plays into the resilience of agricultural crops, compiled a sprawling chromosomal atlas of plants, and fought for the preservation of India's natural legacy.

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#WomenInSTEM
Janaki Ammal And the Fight for India’s Botanical Future.
Caste. Race. Gender. These were the three categories that, in early twentieth century Madras, combined to determine the boundaries of an individual’s potential. Being of an undesirable categorizat...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
rhabarber.eurosky.social
etz haud die mir da glei a drumma noodl nei i hoff ammal die wass wasse doud gell
rhabarber.eurosky.social rhabarber @rhabarber.eurosky.social · Oct 9
sie schneiden MIR heute zwei große muttermale raus ich hoffe sie wissen WEM sie da zwei große muttermale rausschneiden
ein kleines weißes katzenstoffstier in einem flauschigen rosa bett
October 9, 2024 at 9:50 AM
minouette.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Indian #botanist E.K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), here with plants she studied: sugarcane, magnolia & eggplant. 🧪🐡

Trailblazer for #womenInSTEM in India, expert in cytogenetics, phytogeography, coauthor Chromosomal Atlas of Plants, 1st Indian woman PhD & 1st woman in US botany PhD
My linocut portrait of Janaki Ammal on speckled cream coloured washi paper, in purple ink, seated, in a sari and looking over her shoulder. There are mitosis diagrams on her sari. She is surrounded by plants she worked on: sugarcane in green to her left, magnolia with purple-brown branches and white blossoms outlined in silver to her right and a purple eggplant with pink blossom, and green leaves and stem at the bottom.
November 4, 2024 at 1:25 PM
krittikaa.bsky.social
Go Lakshmi Ammal!
July 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
mujeresconciencia.com
La botánica Janaki Ammal (1897-1984) falleció un 7 de febrero,
Realizó importantes contribuciones a la citogenética y la geobotánica.
Janaki Ammal, botánica - Mujeres con ciencia
Janaki Ammal. Botánica. Medicina. Caña de azúcar. Citogenética . Geobotánica. Caña de azúcar. Berenjena. Plantas de uso médico y económico.
mujeresconciencia.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
zuv0.bsky.social
Ammal, with an Updated look #originalcharacter #ocsky #oc #drawing #art #artist #sketch #sketches
March 22, 2026 at 10:39 PM
siegenthalerlab.bsky.social
I say 'good morning' to Dr. Daly & Dr. Maud Menton everyday, these great prints from @minouette.bsky.social hang outside my office door, along with Dr. Irene Uchida & Dr. Janaki Ammal - all impactful women scientists, their pictures & stories are a source of daily inspiration for me. ❤️
April 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
zuv0.bsky.social
Ammal.
Current vessel of the Starchild.
She is super strong and can fly.
#originalcharacter #ocsky #oc #drawing #art #artist #sketch #sketches
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
March 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM