A Tribute article Honoring Lalit Mohan Srivastava (1931-2012): A highly-respected authority on plant growth, hormones, and environment

Abstract Lalit Mohan Srivastava (1931-2012) was a well-known plant developmental biologist. He was an authority on the molecular basis of the action of gibberellins and on the physiology, and biochemistry of the seaweeds. Here, we honor him by presenting a glimpse of his life and research; he had authored more than 60 research papers, of which we mention only a few. Fig. 1 shows an informal portrait of Lalit, taken around 2000.