1. The Wheat Plant

2. Norman Borlaug 1914-2009 Decided that seeds could be used immediately
Doubled the growing season
Doubled the yield
“Invented” dwarf wheat – saved 1 billion lives in India
Credited with feeding the world and beginning an agricultural revolution
Nobel Peace Prize, 1970
"As it worked out, in the north, we were planting when the days were getting shorter, at low elevation and high temperature. Then we'd take the seed from the best plants south and plant it at high elevation, when days were getting longer and there was lots of rain. Soon we had varieties that fit the whole range of conditions. That wasn't supposed to happen by the books"