Karam Chand Mehta, Indian bryologist and plant pathologist (Amritsar, Punjab 20 June 1892 –Agra, Uttar Pradesh State 08 April 1950)
Discovered disease cycle of cereal rusts in India and authored Control of Cereal Rusts in India (1940) that gave him worldwide recognition
HONORS
Mehtamyces Mundkur & Thirumalachar 1945 (Fungi)