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  2. Purdue University - Wikipedia

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    Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.

  3. Purdue University system - Wikipedia

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    The Purdue University system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Indiana.A land-grant university with nearly 75,000 students across three institutions comprising five physical campuses, a statewide technology program, extension centers in each of Indiana's 92 counties, and continuing education programs.

  4. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences - Wikipedia

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    Penn State Extension Services is the "extension" of the College of Agricultural Sciences that serves the general public. Extension Services were officially organized in 1907, assigned the nation's first county agent to Bedford County in 1910, and had full-time extension agents in sixty-two of the sixty-seven Pennsylvania counties by 1921.

  5. List of forestry universities and colleges - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tertiary educational institutions around the world offering bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees in forestry, agronomy, animal sciences, or related fields. Where noted, the country's accreditation board standard has been used and cited. They are grouped by [./

  6. Ralph Merrill Caldwell - Wikipedia

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    At Purdue University, Caldwell worked closely with Leroy Compton to study wheat leaf rust and expanded Purdue's breeding program for disease-resistant plants. They organized a three-crop per year rotation with two crops in the greenhouse and one in the field, including fall planting of grains such as winter wheat, barley, and oats.

  7. List of agricultural universities and colleges - Wikipedia

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    Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Agro-Vet), Université des Montagnes [1] Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang [2]

  8. Gebisa Ejeta - Wikipedia

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    Gebisa Ejeta (born 1950 [1]) is an Ethiopian American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. [2] In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum.

  9. Melba Crawford - Wikipedia

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    Melba M. Crawford is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and a professor of agronomy, Civil Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. [1] As the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, her specialty is Geomatics Engineering.