ISSN:
1573-5060
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract In order to illustrate the history of the Dutch descriptive list of varieties of field crops the years 1884, 1904, 1924, 1944 and 1964 were chosen as landmarks. As regards plant breeding in the Netherlands it was still night in 1884. Soon after this year pioneers took the work in hand. As a result of the shortage of good, reliable seeds and healthy seed potatoes, inspections of field crops were started (about 1904). In 1924 Prof. Ir. C. Broekema took the initiative to compile a national descriptive list of varieties of field crops as a guide for the farmer in choosing varieties and as a basis of the inspection of crops. This list, which would annually be revised, was edited by the Institute of Plant Breeding at Wageningen and had an advisory character i.e. it was not yet a legal document. When the Plant Breeder's Decree became operative the List of varieties was legally recognized. This resulted in the foundation of the Institute for Research on Varieties of Field Crops at Wageningen, which has brilliantly compiled the list since 1944. In December 1964 the 40th List of varieties of field crops (1965) was published, like the previous lists an impartial guide which deals with the range of Dutch and foreign varieties grown in the Netherlands.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00038980
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