Borlaug, Norman

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Pesticides are chemical or biological substances intended to control weeds, insects, fungi, rodents, bacteria, and other pests. They protect food crops and livestock, control household pests, promote agricultural productivity, and protect public health. The importance of pesticides to modern society can be summarized by a statement made by Norman E. Borlaug, the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Let s get our priorities in perspective. We must feed ourselves and protect ourselves against the health hazards of the world. To do that, we must have agricultural chemicals. Without them, the world population will starve [1]. 

Borlaug, N. (1997). Human population, food demands, and wildlife needs. In A. Dil, ed., Norman Borlaug on World Hunger. San Diego, CA Bookservice International, pp. 79-93. 

Not all accepted that bird reproduction toxicity was a serious problem and that DDT should be banned. In October 1971 Nature had a comment from the Nobel Peace Price winner Norman E. Borlaug that symbolized the green revolution. 

An impassioned plea on behalf of DDT was delivered in Washington last week by Norman E. Borlaug, recipient of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on high yield wheat strains. Borlaug, who testified in a public hearing on the cancellation order imposed on the pesticide by the Environmental Protection Agency, said at a press conference later ... 

De Montfort University Norman Borlaug Centre for Plant Science, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR,... 

De Montfort University, Norman Borlaug Cntr. Plant Science, Inst, of Exp. Botany ASCR, Rozvojova 135, Prague 6, CZ 165 02 Czech Republic... 

S. Niranjan Raj, S. N. Lavanya, J. Sudisha, and H.S. Shetty, Application of plant derived gums for induction of growth promotion and disease resistance in crop plants. Proceedings of Dr. E. Norman Borlaug commemoration National conference on Plant diversity and plant health. Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore. 2009. 

Norman Borlaug, one of the leaders in developing and diffusing these new culti-vars, summed up the importance of fertilizer nitrogen in his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 by using a memorable kinetic analogy ... 

A much more optimistic outlook prevailed during the 1970s. Near the end of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech Norman Borlaug spoke about a dream of... 

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