Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Aaron Aaronsohn


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Aaronsohn

Aaron Aaronsohn discovered Triticum dicoccoides, emmer wheat, thought to be wild ancestor of domestic wheat.
His parents were Romanian Zionists -- the family moved to Palestine when Aaron was six years old. Aaronsohn established the first agricultural research station in Israel.

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