Baldur Rosmund Stefansson (April 26, 1917 to January 3, 2002) was a Canadian agricultural scientist in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Manitoba, known as the Father of Canola. Working with Keith Downey, he developed a variety of rapeseed low enough in erucic acid and glucosinolates to be used as an edible oil, which became canola, one of Canada's leading edible oils and among the largest oilseed crops in the world. He received the Order of Canada, the Order of Manitoba, and the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1998, and was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.
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Defining ContributionWorking with Keith Downey, developed the low-erucic-acid rapeseed variety known as canola, now one of the world's major edible-oil and oilseed crops. 1 In the Other Atlases
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He worked with Dr. Keith Downey to develop a variety of rapeseed that could be used as an edible oil. This is known as canola and is one of Canada's top edible oil and one of the largest oilseed crops in the world.
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