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USA |
Charles M. Rick Jr.
Professor of Vegetable
Crops, Univeristy of
California, Davis |
1915-2002 |
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Source
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USA |
James F. Harrington
Professor of Vegetable
Crops, Univeristy of
California, Davis |
1916-2002 |
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USA |
Dr.
Norman Borlaug
1970
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
1914-2009 |
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USA |
Lester Pfister
Founder of Pfister Hybrid
Corn Company |
1897-1970 |
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USA |
Henry A. Wallace
Founder of Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc.
U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture (1933-1940) |
1888-1965 |
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Russia |
Nikolai I. Vavilov
Plant geographer.
Explored major
agricultural centers to
collect germplasm.
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1887-1943 |
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USA |
Luther Burbank
Botanist,
horticulturist, pionner in
agricultural science |
1849-1926 |
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Austria |
Gregor Mendel
Biologist, author of
groundbreaking work on
heredity. Discovered
basic laws governing the
passage of a trait from
generation to generation
within the same species.
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1822-1884 |
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France |
Louis de Vilmorin
Author of "Notes sur la
création d'une nouvelle
race de betterave et
considerations sur
l'hérédité des plantes"
(Note on the Creation of
a New Race of Beetroot
and Considerations on
Heredity in Plants) |
1816-1860 |
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France |
Philippe-Victoire de
Vilmorin
After his mariage to
Adélaïde, daughter of
Pierre d'Andrieux and
Claude Geoffroy,
creation of
Vilmorin-Andrieux |
1746-1804 |
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France |
Pierre d'Andrieux
Seedsman and botanist
under Louis XV; husband
of Claude Geoffroy |
mid 18th century |
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France |
Claude Geoffroy
Maîtresse Grainière, owner of a seed & plants
shop on Quai de la
Mégisserie in Paris;
wife of Pierre
d'Andrieux |
mid 18th century |
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