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Wolf Prize Recipients in Agriculture
(1978-2011)
Year |
Recipient |
1978 |
GEORGE F. SPRAGUE, University of Illinois, Urbana , U.S.A.,
for his outstanding research on the genetic amelioration of
maize for human welfare; and JOHN C. WALKER, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A., for his research in plant pathology,
developing of disease-resistant varieties of major food plants. |
1979
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JAY L. LUSH, Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A. ,for his
outstanding and pioneering contributions to the application
of genetics to livestock improvement; and Sir KENNETH BLAXTER,
Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, U.K., for his fundamental
contributions to the science and practice of ruminant nutrition
and livestock production.
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1980
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KARL MARAMOROSCH, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, U.S.A.,
for his pioneering and wide-ranging studies on interactions
between insects and disease agents in plants.
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1981
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JOHN O. ALMQUIST, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.,
for his significant contributions to the application of artificial
insemination to livestock improvement; HENRY A. LARDY, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A., for his pioneering research on
storage and preservation of spermatozoa thus enabling artificial
insemination to become a universal practice; and GLENN W. SALISBURY,
University of Illinois, Urbana, U.S.A., for his outstanding
achievements in basic and applied research on artificial insemination.
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1982
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WENDELL L. ROELOFS, Cornell University, Geneva, N.Y., U.S.A.,
for his fundamental chemical and biological research on pheromones
and their practical use in insect control.
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1983/4
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DON KIRKHAM, Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A. and CORNELIS
T. De WIT, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands,
for their innovative contributions to the quantitative understanding
of soil-water and other environmental interactions influencing
crop growth and yield.
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1984/5
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ROBERT H. BURRIS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.,
for his pioneering fundamental research on the mechanisms of
biological nitrogen fixation and its application in crop production.
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1986
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Sir RALPH RILEY, Agricultural and Food Research Council,
London, U.K. and ERNEST R. SEARS, University of Missouri, Columbia,
U.S.A., for their fundamental research in cytogenetics of wheat,
providing the basis for genetic improvement of cereal grains.
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1987
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THEODOR O. DIENER, Plant Protection Institute, USDA, Beltsville,
U.S.A., for his discovery and pioneering fundamental research
on viroids and his applied work on viroid detection in crops.
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1988
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CHARLES THIBAULT, Universite de Paris VI, Paris, France,
and ERNEST JOHN CHRISTOPHER POLGE, Biotechnology Cambridge Ltd.,
Cambridge, U.K., for pioneering work in reproductive physiology
including cell preservation, fertilization processes, egg biology
and embryo manipulations for domestic animal improvement.
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1989
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PETER M. BIGGS, AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Huntingdon,
U.K., and MICHAEL ELLIOTT, AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research,
Rothamsted, U.K., for distinguished contributions to basic science
and its successful translation into practice in the fields of
animal health and crop protection.
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1990
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JOZEF STEFAAN SCHELL, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding,
Cologne, W.Germany, for his pioneering work in genetic transformation
of plants, thereby opening up new horizons in basic plant science
and breeding.
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1991
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SHANG-FA YANG, University of California, Davis, U.S.A., for
his remarkable contributions to the understanding of the mechanism
of biosynthesis, mode of action and applications of the plant
hormone, Ethylene.
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1993
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JOHN E. CASIDA, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.,
for his pioneering studies on the mode of action of insecticides,
design of safer pesticides and contributions to the understanding
of nerve and muscle function in insects.
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1994/5
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CARL B. HUFFAKER, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.;
and PERRY L. ADKISSON, TEXAS A&M University College Station,
Texas, U.S.A., for their contributions to the development and
implementation of environmentally beneficial integrated pest
management systems for the protection of agricultural crops.
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1995/6
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MORRIS SCHNITZER, Centre for Land and Biological Resources
Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, and FRANK J. STEVENSON,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A., for their
pioneering contributions to our understanding of the chemistry
of soil organic matter and its application to agriculture.
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1996/7
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NEAL L. FIRST, University of Wisconsin, Department of Animal
Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., for his pioneering research
in the reproductive biology of livestock.
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1998
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ILAN CHET, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel,
and BALDUR R. STEFANSSON , University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada , for their contributionsto the environmentally
safe development of world agriculture through innovative approaches
in breeding and bio-control.
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2000
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GURDEV S. KHUSH, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
Makati City, Philippines, for his extraordinary contribution
to theoretical research in plant genetics, evolution and breeding
especially of rice, with regard to food production and alleviation
of hunger.
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2001
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ROGER N. BEACHY, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis,
Missouri, USA; and JAMES E. WOMACK, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, USA, for the use of recombinant DNA technology,
to revolutionize plant and animal sciences, paving the way for
applications to neighboring fields.
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2002/3
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R. MICHAEL ROBERTS, Department of Animal Sciences, University
of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and FULLER W. BAZER, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, USA, for discoveries of
Interferon-t and other pregnancy-associated proteins, which
clarified the biological mystery of signaling between embryo
and mother to maintain pregnancy, with profound effects on
the efficiency of animal production systems, as well as human
health and well-being.
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2004
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YUAN LONGPING, China National Hybrid Rice Research and
Development Center, Mapoling, Hunan Province, China; and STEVEN
D. TANKSLEY, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, for
innovative development of hybrid rice and discovery of the
genetic basis of heterosis in this important food staple.
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2006/7 |
RONALD L. PHILLIPS, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; and MICHEL A. J. GEORGES, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; for groundbreaking discoveries in genetics and genomics, laying the foundations for improvements in crop and livestock breeding, and sparking important advances in plant and animal sciences.
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2008 |
JOHN A. PICKETT, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; JAMES H. TUMLINSON, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; and W. JOE LEWIS, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
Tifton, Georgia, USA; for their remarkable discoveries of mechanisms governing plant-insect and plant-plant interactions. Their scientific contributions on chemical ecology have fostered the development of integrated pest management and significantly advanced agricultural sustainability. |
2010 |
SIR DAVID BAULCOMBE, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Britain, for his pioneering discovery of gene regulation by small inhibitory RNA molecules in plants is of profound importance, not only for agriculture, but also for biology as a whole, including the field of medicine. |
2011 |
HARRIS A. LEWIN, Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Evolution and Ecology, Robert and Rosabel Osborne Endowed Chair
University of California, Davis, USA, for his contributions to fundamental and practical aspects of animal agriculture. PROF. JAMES R. COOK, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA for his discoveries in plant pathology and soil microbiology that impact crop productivity and disease management.
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Source: The
Wolf Foundation |
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