Article | REF: BIO560 V1

Plant biotechnology and genetically modified varieties

Authors: Yvette DATTÉE, Georges PELLETIER

Publication date: May 10, 2015

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1. From breeding to GMPs

Plant varieties: from chance adoption to reasoned creation

The book Les meilleurs blés published in 1880 by Henry de Vilmorin describes the origins of the varieties of the time. For example, "Noah's wheat" was cultivated for almost a century from the 1820s, for its high yield despite low straw production, and its susceptibility to charcoal, rust and ginning as soon as it reached maturity.

"This wheat was sorted from a batch coming from Odessa by M. Planté, miller in Nérac. M. Pérès, farmer to M. le marquis de Noé, at l'Île de...

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