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2002 |
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FIS and
ASSINSEL merge to form ISF, the
International Seed Federation |
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1938 |
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Establishment
of ASSINSEL, Association Internationale des
Sélectionneurs pour la Protection de
Obentions Végétales
(International Association of Plant Breeders
for the Protection of Plant Varieties) |
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1930 |
USA |
Ferry-Morse
Seed Co. founded |
Source |
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1929 |
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Adoption of the first ever
set of business rules for
international trade of
herbage seed |
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1926 |
USA |
Hi-Bred Corn Company
founded
by Henry A. Wallace to
develop and market
hybrid seed corn |
Source |
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1924 |
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84 seedsmen convene in
London, United Kingdom for
the first international seed
trade congress
On the agenda, a common set
of rules for the
international trade in seed
Establishment of the FIS,
Fédération Internationale du
Commerce des Semences
(International Seed Trade
Federation) |
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1917 |
Russia |
Establishement in St.
Petersburg, Russia of the
Department of Applied Botany
and Plant Breeding
Now
called:
The N.I. Vavilov Institute
of Plant Industry |
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1865 |
Austria |
"Versuche
über Pflanzen-Hybriden"
(Experiments
in Plant Hybridization)
by Gregor Mendel |
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1856 |
France |
"Notes sur la création
d'une nouvelle race de
betterave et
considerations sur
l'hérédité des plantes"
(Note on the Creation of
a New Race of Beetroot
and Considerations on
Heredity in Plants)
by Louis de Vilmorin
(1816-1860). Paper
establishes the
theoretical groundwork
for the modern
seed-breeding industry.
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1775 |
France |
Creation of
Vilmorin-Andrieux
after the marriage of
Philippe-Victoire de
Vilmorin to Adélaïde,
daughter of Pierre
d'Andrieux, botanist to
King Louis XV, and
Claude Geoffroy,
Maîtresse Grainière,
owner of a seed & plants
shop on Quai de la
Mégisserie in Paris. |
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1440 |
France |
Creation of La Maison
Loras
"Dès l'an mil quatre
cens quarante existait à
Lyon un négoce de
graines..." |
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