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.1915191719201925192919301935194019451950195319551960196519701975198019851990199519972000200420052008201020152020European cornGrowing plants inJames Watson andUSDA develops first cropPhytoplasmaARS scientists are the first to borer discoveredwaterhydroponicsFrancis Crick describevariety, Higgins buffelgrass,discovered as thepublish gene sequences for near Boston, MA.invented. double-helicalthat reproduces by seed, butcause of free- Brachypodium, a model grass structure of DNA. without fertilization. branching growthplant, and switchgrass.habit in poinsettia.A MOMENT IN TIMEThe cover of our December 2004 issue showed a patchwork of images associated with that years Giants of the Seed Industry. Some of those profiled were: Donald Barnes, retired geneticist, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dave Dzisiak, global business leader oilseeds, Dow AgroSciences; Leon Corzine, president, National Corn Growers Association; Brian Corr, new crops development manager, Ball Horticultural Company; Marcel Bruins, manager plant variety protection, Seminis; Sano Shimoda, president, BioScience Securities; Matt Herb, president, OreGro Seeds; Anita Hall, executive director, Society of Commercial Seed Technologists; and John Rogers, professor of crop and soil sciences, Michigan State University.FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 2004 ISSUE:$20million is what Bunge Ltd. pays to buy a line of bottled oils from Molinas International.8,000is the number of Nebraska corn producers who shared an $11 million settlement over the effect StarLink seed corn had on market prices in 2001.1.3million is the number of packets of biotech cottonseed Monsanto sold in India in 2004.$4million is the cost to build a new Spectrum Organic Products plant in Cherokee, Iowa.$150,000is the amount of a monetary gift from Monsanto used to develop a fel-lowship to train graduate students study-ing seed science at Iowa State University.86/ SEEDWORLD.COMJUNE 2020'