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In the 1940s, plant scientist Norman Borlaug began cross-breeding wheat strains from different regions. He pioneered “shuttle breeding” which sped up the wheat breeding process.
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Follow LBJ from rural Texas to his ascendancy to the presidency after the assassination of JFK.
