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.19151916192019251930193119351940194519501955196019651970197119751980198519901995200020032005201020152020Stainless steelFirst electronRoma tomato released;MicrocomputersFirst completeFirst DNA invented. microscope built. still main variety usedinvented. genome sequencesequencing of a for tomato paste. of a microorganismplant genome, described. Arabidopsis thaliana.A MOMENT IN TIMEThe cover of our February 2003 issue showed creeping bentgrass used on golf courses, which this issue promised would soon be improved through modern biotechnology. The issue also focused heavily on international seed policy updates, namely new phytosanitary requirements in Turkey, Korea and Brazil. At the time, Turkey had issued new import regulations, which affected vegetable, melon, cotton, soybean, sunflower, tobacco and forage seed. Korea called for seed testing to detect Bipolaris spicifera, a fungus associated with grasses. Brazil pushed back its Pest Risk Assessment deadline for seed imports due to concerns about trade disruptions. In our international cereal grains outlook, we analyzed world demand for barley, corn/maize, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, sorghum and wheat.FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 2003 ISSUE:241million is the number of metric tonnes of corn produced in the United States in 2001.7,000is the number of varieties of rice grown in the humid, subtropical regions of the world as of 2003.100,000is the number of square feet of sod overseeded for Super Bowl XXXVII.600,000is the number of soybean growers in the United States in 2003.300is the number of members the Albert Lea organic seed company enjoys in 2003, up from just one customer four years prior.118/ SEEDWORLD.COMINTERNATIONAL EDITION 2020'