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3 unusual facts about Norman Borlaug


13085 Borlaug

It is named after Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Ciudad Obregón

Renowned U.S. agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, the architect of the "Green Revolution" worked here after successful developments in increasing the resistance of wheat.

Common wheat

RHt genes were introduced to modern wheat varieties in the 1960s by Norman Borlaug from Norin 10 cultivars of wheat grown in Japan.


Howard County, Iowa

Norman Borlaug (1914–2009) - Nobel Peace Prize winner who was raised and went to school in the county.

The American Chestnut Foundation

TACF was founded in 1983 by a group of prominent plant scientists, including Nobel Prize-winning plant breeder Norman Borlaug; Peter Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden; independent chestnut researcher Philip Rutter; and the late Charles Burnham, a Minnesota corn geneticist.


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