In the run-up to World War II, the main goal of botanists' research throughout the Soviet Union was to protect their motherland from impending famine. After the famine of 1921 killed millions of people, the then leader Vladimir Lenin's plan called for botanists to come together and invent such grain seeds to prevent famine.
Which will be able to provide food throughout the year, ignoring the severe winters in the region. Soviet botanists went into the study. They were led by Nikolai Vevilov, the best scientist of all time. The far-sighted scientist Vevilov continued to work towards a long-term solution to this famine. But in the meantime, when there was a new threat of famine in the Soviet Union, many criticized his work.
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Notable among those critics was his fellow scientist, Trofim Lysinko. Lysinko spoke at a meeting of Soviet scientists about the use of vernalization methods to combat famine. In this method, before sowing the seeds, they have to be soaked in ice water and cooled. According to Lysinko, this method would alleviate the Soviet famine.