Salmon, S. C. (Samuel Cecil), 1885-1975
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Salmon, S. C. (Samuel Cecil), b. 1885
Salmon, Samuel Cecil, 1885-1975
Salmon, Cecil, 1885-1975
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found: nuc88-49759: Reitz, L.P. Hard red winter wheat ... [MI] 1959(usage on DNAL rept.: S.C. Salmon)
found: The influence of chilling, above the freezing point, on certain crop plants, 1927:t.p. (S.C. Salmon) p. 315 (Prof. of Farm Crops, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station)
found: NUC, pre-56 imprints(hdg.: Salmon, Samuel Cecil, 1885-)
found: Wikipedia, April 30, 2015(Cecil Salmon; Samuel Cecil Salmon (1885-1975) was an agronomist who was attached to the American occupying forces in Japan after World War II; he worked for the Agricultural Research Service and during his time in Japan, Salmon collected wheat samples and found a dwarf strain which came to be called Norin 10 and which later triggered the Green Revolution; Salmon was born in South Dakota and received a B.S. degree from South Dakota State University, a M.S. degree from Kansas State University and a Ph. D. degree from the University of Minnesota; he taught and conducted research on wheat production at Kansas State from 1913-1931; in 1931 he became Principal Agronomist in the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Cereal Crops and Diseases; while serving as the cereal crops consultant with the U.S. Army of Occupation in Japan after World War II, Salmon noted the vigorous, productive semi-dwarf wheats grown in that country; he collected 16 varieties and sent seeds of the wheats, including Norin 10, to the USDA Small Grains Collection; these seeds were used by Orville Vogel at Washington State University to develop the variety Gaines, which holds the world record for wheat yields, and was used by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico to develop the varieties that started the Green Revolution; Salmon went on to serve two years in the Philippines helping to rehabilitate the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture at Los Baños and undertook four tours with the U.S. Agency for International Development; he co-authored several books on experimental design in agricultural research including The principles and practice of agricultural research, published by L. Hill in 1964)
found: ancestry.com, April 30, 2015(Samuel Cecil Salmon; born July 25, 1885 in Emery, South Dakota; died September 10, 1975 in Hyattsville, Prince Georges, Maryland)
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1988-04-27: new
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