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David Bond and Jean Picard: Two pivotal breeders of faba bean in the 20th century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2018
Abstract
David Bond and Jean Picard, two leaders of European legume breeding, died within a few months of each other. On the basis of their agronomic and genetic training, they both met the challenge of breeding faba bean, a protein-rich species that had received little attention from breeders before the 1950s (Picard, 1953; Bond 1957). Both made great strides at modernizing their chosen crop by developing and applying new ideas and techniques, as well as generating new methods and genetic materials.
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- Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 16 , Special Issue 5: Legume Genetic and Pre-breeding Resources , October 2018 , pp. 483 - 487
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- Copyright © NIAB 2018
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