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Green Revolution - (CUSAT) – Plant Biotechnology laboratory

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Father of the "<strong>Green</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong>"• Norman Borlaug, Ph.D., received theNobel Peace Prize in 1970• Picked up Norin strain of wheat andcrossed it with Mexico's best varieties atthe International Maize and WheatResearch Centre .• 1960s India discovered Borlaug and theNorin dwarf. A small field at Pusa wasseeded and the results were dramatic…

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