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61Australian Cultivar Registration Authority — The Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Australia. It is a committee of representatives of each state s botanic gardens, the Society for Growing Australian Plants, and the… …
62Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experiment Farm — Infobox nrhp name = Gold Ridge Farm nrhp type = caption = location = nearest city = Sebastopol, California lat degrees = lat minutes = lat seconds = lat direction = long degrees = long minutes = long seconds = long direction = area = built =… …
63Angel wing begonia — Begonia Angel Wing is a hybrid Begonia which resulted from a cross between Begonia aconitifolia and B. coccinea . The hybridization was made by California plant breeder Eva Kenworthy Gray in 1926. The plant gets its name from the shape and colors …
64Willet M. Hays — Willet Martin Hays (1859 1927) was an American plant breeder and U. S. Assistent Secretary of Agriculture. EducationHays was born 1859 on a farm near Eldora, Iowa. He graduated from Drake University in 1885 and obtained a master s degree in… …
65Borlaug , 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… …
66Chestnut blight — fungus Cankers caused by the fungal infection cause the bark to split. Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Phylum …
67Quality Protein Maize — (QPM) contains nearly twice as much usable protein as other maize (or corn) grown in the tropics and yields 10% more grain than traditional varieties of maize. It was developed by Dr. Surinder Vasal and Dr. Evangelina Villegas at the… …
68The American Chestnut Foundation — (TACF) is a nonprofit American organization dedicated to breeding a blight resistant American chestnut tree and then repopulating American forests with this new chestnut.The Foundation aims to restore the American chestnut tree to its native… …
69Karl Sax — (November 2 1892 October 8 1973) was an American botanist and geneticist, in particular he was noted for his research in cytogenetics and the effect of radiation on chromosomes.Sax was born in Spokane, Washington, his parents were pioneer farmers …
70Central Mindanao University — Infobox University name = Central Mindanao University motto = The Academic Paradise of the South established = 1965 type = Semi Public School Run by Government president = Dr. Mardonio M. Lao campus = Musuan Campus city = Musuan, Maramag state =… …
