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Dwarf wheat was developed by...

Dwarf wheat was developed by

A

MS Swaminathan

B

Vavilov

C

Dr. NE Borlaug

D

BD Singh

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Dr. NE Borlaug is responsible for the green revolution (father of green revolution in world). He developed semidwarf varieties of wheat and got Nobel Prize for peace in 970.
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