 Norin 10 wheat

Norin 10 provided two very important genes, Rht1 and Rht2, that resulted in reduced-height wheats, thus allowing better nutrient uptake and tillage (when heavily fertilised with nitrogen, tall varieties grow too high, become top-heavy, and lodge).Cecil Salmon, a biologist and wheat expert on General Douglas MacArthur's team in Japan after 1945, collected 16 varieties of wheat including Norin 10, and sent these seeds to Orville Vogel.