instrumental in revolutionizing American corn growing by applying inbred strain breeding

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East, Edward Murray
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1879-1938, American biologist, b. Du Quoin, III., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.S., 1900; Ph. D., 1907). He served the agricultural experiment stations at the Univ. of Illinois and in Connecticut, and from 1909 he was professor of experimental plant morphology and of genetics at Harvard. His researches – in part for the Dept. Of Agriculture – on the genetics and breeding of corn, tobacco, and potatoes were especially valuable; he was instrumental in revolutionizing American corn growing by applying inbred strain breeding. His works include Mankind at the Crossroads (1923) and Heredity and Human Affairs (1927); he contributed to and edited Biology in Human Affairs (1931).Да и еще. Как сделать хорошее сочетание из contributed to and edited "..." - был составителем и редактором или регулярно писал статьи для "..." и был редактором?