HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Develop human embryos to be used in making stem cells.
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Map the human genome.
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Find vaccines to prevent communicable diseases.
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Improve wheat to fight starvation in developing countries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee “for his contributions to the ‘green revolution’ that was having such an impact on food production particularly in Asia and in Latin America."
Detailed explanation-2: -“U.S. Agronomist Gets Nobel Peace Prize”, the New York Times (October 22, 1970) 1. Wharton, Clifton R., Jr., ‘’The Green Revolution: Cornucopia or Pandora’s Box”, Foreign Affairs, 47 (April, 1969) 464-476. Norman Borlaug died on 12 September, 2009.
Detailed explanation-3: -Father of the Green Revolution Borlaug recommended improved methods of cultivation, and developed a robust strain of wheat-dwarf wheat-that was adapted to Mexican conditions. By 1956 the country had become self-sufficient in wheat.
Detailed explanation-4: -Complete Answer:-Norman Ernest Borlaug, an American agricultural scientist, herbal pathologist and 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Borlaug, regarded as the ‘Father of the Green Movement, ‘ helped pave the foundations for technical developments in agriculture that alleviate world hunger.