Borlaug, Norman Ernest

Borlaug, Norman Ernest

▪ American scientist
born March 25, 1914, Cresco, Iowa, U.S.

      American agricultural scientist, plant pathologist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970. He was one of those who laid the groundwork of the so-called Green Revolution, the agricultural technological advance that promised to alleviate world hunger.

      He studied plant biology and forestry at the University of Minnesota and earned a Ph.D. in plant pathology there in 1941. From 1944 to 1960 he served as research scientist at the Rockefeller Foundation's Cooperative Mexican Agricultural Program in Mexico. At a research station at Campo Atizapan he developed strains of grain that dramatically increased crop yields. Wheat production in Mexico multiplied threefold in the time that he worked with the Mexican government; “dwarf” wheat imported in the mid-1960s was responsible for a 60 percent increase in harvests in Pakistan and India. He also created a wheat–rye hybrid known as triticale. The increased yields resulting from Borlaug's new strains enabled many developing countries to become agriculturally self-sufficient.

      Borlaug served as director of the Inter-American Food Crop Program (1960–63) and as director of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City, from 1964 to 1979. In constant demand as a consultant, Borlaug has served on numerous committees and advisory panels on agriculture, population control, and renewable resources.

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  • Borlaug , Norman Ernest — (1914–) American agronomist and plant breeder Borlaug was born in Cresco, Iowa, and graduated in forestry from Minnesota University in 1937, gaining his doctorate in plant pathology in 1941. He then spent three years with the Du Pont Chemical… …   Scientists

  • Borlaug, Norman (Ernest) — born March 25, 1914, Cresco, Iowa, U.S. U.S. agricultural scientist and plant pathologist. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. As a researcher with the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico (1944–60), he developed strains of grain that …   Universalium

  • Borlaug, Norman Ernest — ► (n. 1914) Científico estadounidense. Fue premio Nobel de la Paz en 1970. Desde 1944 es miembro de la comisión científica de la Fundación Rockefeller, dedicada a la investigación para el mejoramiento del trigo …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Borlaug, Norman (Ernest) — (n. 25 mar. 1914, Cresco, Iowa, EE.UU.). Fitopatólogo y científico agrícola estadounidense. Obtuvo su Ph.D. en la Universidad de Minnesota. Mientras trabajó como investigador en la Fundación Rockefeller en México (1944–60), desarrolló cepas que… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Norman Ernest Borlaug — (* 25. März 1914 in Cresco, Iowa) ist ein US amerikanischer Agrarwissenschaftler, der für seine Bestrebungen und Arbeiten zur Verbesserung der Landwirtschaft 1970 den Friedensnobelpreis erhielt. Biographie Norman Ernest Borlaug …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Borlaug — Norman Ernest Borlaug Norman Ernest Borlaug (* 25. März 1914 in Cresco, Iowa) ist ein US amerikanischer Agrarwissenschaftler, der für seine Bestrebungen und Arbeiten zur Verbesserung der Landwirtschaft 1970 den Friedensnobelpreis erhielt.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Friedensnobelpreis 1970: Norman Ernest Borlaug —   Das Osloer Nobelpreiskomitee zeichnete den amerikanischen Agrarwissenschaftler für seine Verdienste um die Linderung des Hungers in der Welt aus.    Biografie   Norman Ernest Borlaug, * Cresco (Iowa) 25. 3. 1914, Agrarwissenschaftler, 1941… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Norman Borlaug — Norman Ernest Borlaug est un agronome américain, né le 25 mars 1914 à Cresco (Iowa) et mort le 12 septembre 2009 à Dallas …   Wikipédia en Français

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