Match the plant scientist to his background. 1.Paul Erlich

An American agronomist whose breakthrough work with food crops helped maintain world food supplies through the past half-century, preventing predicted famines.

2.Norman Borlaug

An American botanist who worked to develop alternate crops to replace cotton during the boll weevil crisis.

3.Gregor Mendel

A landscape architect best known for the design and execution of Central Park, in New York City.

4.Fredrick Law Olmstead

A monk whose work on plant breeding made him a founding figure in the development of plant science.

5.George Washington Carver

Wrote The Population Bomb, predicting the breakdown of the food system and famines.