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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2018 · 11 MIN

Cracked it Open

from Hear the Howl · host NC State Alumni

An NC State news release in 1979 said this of longtime agronomy professor Walton C. Gregory: "Gregory still braves ocean crossings, mountain climbs and forays through dense, tropical jungles to search for superior genes for use in breeding a still better peanut." Part of that search led Gregory in the 1950s to use radiation and develop what is forever known as "the Atomic Peanut."

An NC State news release in 1979 said this of longtime agronomy professor Walton C. Gregory: "Gregory still braves ocean crossings, mountain climbs and forays through dense, tropical jungles to search for superior genes for use in breeding a still better peanut." Part of that search led Gregory in the 1950s to use radiation and develop what is forever known as "the Atomic Peanut."

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