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Lysenkoism
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In 1928, a Soviet agronomist named Trofim Lysenko claimed to have developed a method through which crop yields could be massively increased using a collection of discoveries and techniques he'd perfected. One such technique, vernalization, involved keeping wheat seeds in high-humidity, low-temperature environments, while another involved using grafts to …
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