FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
2.2.2 A brief history of monogerm seed
The advantages of seeds containing only one true seed were first realised in the early 1900's, but early Breeding Projects in the U.S.A. failed to produce plants with more than 75% single flowers. The idea was abandoned until the 1930's when it was re-investigated in Russia. Plants with complete monogermity were produced but other growth features were poor and commercial varieties were not available until the 1960's due to severe breeding difficulties (Orlovskii 1957) & (Savitsky 1952). Today however, monogerm varieties have almost completely replaced multigerms.
FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
[Introduction & Contents] [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] [Chapter Six] [Chapter Seven]
[2.1] [2.2.1] [2.2.2] [2.2.3] [2.2.4] [2.2.5] [2.2.6] [2.2.7] [2.2.8]
