b'SINCE 1915 The first issue of Seed World was published in 1915. Here the editors will take you back in time to explore the numbers, news and issues that impacted the seed industryall covered by Seed World.1915191719201925193019351936194019451950195519601965197019711975197919801985198619871990199520002003200520102015Discovery of pathogenic racesFirst hybrid crop cultivar (anDiscovery of first fertility restorerDiscovery ofReleasedSunbutter, a sunflower of plant fungi. onion) developed usingfor sunflower used as male parentssunflower hybridssunflower withseed spread and peanut cytoplasmic male sterility. to create first hybrid sunflowersthat produce highergenetic resistancebutter alternative, is made planted by farmers in the U.S. oelic oil. to downy mildew. available to the public.A MOMENT IN TIMEOn the cover of our December 1979 issue, we featured the Holiday Time ornamental pepper, the All-America selection winner for 1980. The pepper was developed by Connecticuts John Scarchuk and produced by Pan-American Seed Co. We also featured a sunflower update. Financially, sunflowers look great, said Charles Moses of the Interstate Seed and Grain Co. Experienced growers were gaining confidence in the crop and making capital commitments for planters, combine attachments, dryers and storage facilities. On the long-range prospects for sunflower, there appears to be great optimism. While sunflowers cannot easily compete with soybeans for acreage in the major soybean areas, neither can soybeans compete with sunflowers in the sunflower areas of the United States.FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1979 ISSUE:$132is the price per acre for 1978 crop sunflowers.1,500is the number of tonnes of sunflower the new North Dakota Cargill sunflower plant is capable of crushing.$4is the price per bushel of wheat on Oct. 10, 1979.5,000is the number of items in Chinas soybean collection, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station estimated.5,000is the number of years the Chinese had been conducting crop improvement on millets.78/ SEEDWORLD.COMFEBRUARY 2020'