He worked with biochemist Dr. Evangelina Villegas for 35 years to develop a protein enriched form of maize in the 1970s.
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It was developed by Dr. Surinder Vasal and Dr. Evangelina Villegas at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in the late 1990s.
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Surinder Vasal and Evangelina Villegas began their collaborative research in Mexico in the early 1970s while they were working at CIMMYT.