U.S. military adviser in Japan sent Norin 10 (dwarfing gene) to the U.S.
In 1946, D.C. Salmon, a U.S. military adviser on duty in Japan, sent home Norin 10 – the source of the dwarfing gene that later will help produce Green Revolution wheat varieties.
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Source: JIRCAS
Credit: PDF: Norin 10: A Dwarf Winter Wheat Variety, Takeo Matsusmoto.
