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Gregor Mendel, the father of modern genetics, develops his laws of inheritance
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1870
Plant Breeding
Luther Burbank, the father of modern plant breeding, develops more than 800 new strains of fruits, vegetables and flowers. -
The first higher-yield, hardier wheat-rye hybrid grain is created
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Dr. Charles Saunders, plant breeder, developed Marquis Wheat, by selecting superior seeds from a cross of Hard Red Calcutta and Red Fife wheats.
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Dolly the sheep is the first animal clone to be born.
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Biotech varieties of soybean, cotton, corn, canola, tomato, and potato seed are planted on 4.5 million acres in Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, and the US
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NCFAP the combined impact of the 11 biotech crops used in the U.S. resulted in 62 million fewer pounds of pesticides used
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Sugar beets produced with biotechnology are commercialized.
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Additional whole foods enhanced by biotechnology are submitted for government review, including non-browning apples, and low-acrylamide potatoes.
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Virus-protected papaya, developed through biotechnology to save the crop from devastation,
