Naomi Chapman Woodroof was an American agriculturalist known for increasing peanut yields five-fold. She was the first woman to attend and graduate from the University of Idaho College of Agriculture, and she achieved posthumous recognition for research that included the breeding of peanuts, the fertilization of pecans, and the prevention and control of cotton diseases.
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Defining ContributionAmerican agriculturalist who developed a breeding method that produced a fivefold increase in peanut yields 1 In the Other Atlases
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Naomi Chapman Woodroof (February 5, 1900 - January 4, 1989) was an American agriculturalist known for increasing peanut yields five-fold.
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Here she developed a method of breeding which allowed for a fivefold increase in peanut crops.
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