Peanut Breeder Honored

摘要

Peanuts are not only among North Carolina's top agricultural commodities, they also represent a key source of protein for people around the world. Making them even better has been Torn Stalker's life work.A professor and former head of North Carolina State University's Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Stalker is considered one of the world's most important peanut scientists. He's especially known for efforts to maintain, characterize and use geneticmaterial from wild peanuts to diversify and improve cultivated species.