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David Bond and Jean Picard: Two pivotal breeders of faba bean in the 20th century

Part of: Legume Genetic and Pre-breeding Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2018

Gerard Duc  and
Fred Stoddard Open the ORCID record for Fred Stoddard [Opens in a new window]
Gerard Duc
Affiliation:
UMR 1347 Agroécologie, AgroSup/INRA/uBFC, 17 rue de Sully, BP 86510, F-21000 Dijon, France
Fred Stoddard*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27 (Latokartanonkaari 5-7), Fin-00014Finland
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*Corresponding author. Email: Frederick.stoddard@helsinki.fi
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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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