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.191519161920192519301931193519401945195019551960196519701974197519801985199019921995200020052008201020152020United States Grain First electron Diffusion photometerViva and Roza pinkGalaxyUSDA develops starch Standards Act passed. microscope built. designed; first light-scatteringbeans released; mostmagnoliamicrobeads that control instrument to measure thewidely grown pinkreleased. Varroa mites to control size of molecules. bean varieties for theparasitic mites in honeybee next 25 years. colonies.A MOMENT IN TIMEOur September 2010 issue asked an important question: how do we get more plant breeders? Not only are fewer students entering plant breeding programs, but the nature of the discipline has changed with more specialized branches. In addressing the topic of biotech, this issue also covered a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on June 21, 2010, in favor of Monsanto. The ruling overturned an earlier 2007 decision which instituted a nationwide ban on Roundup Ready alfalfa. In the wake of the new decision, 75 House members signed a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging USDA to partially deregulate Roundup Ready Alfalfa in time for seed to be planted in 2010. FACTS AND FIGURES FROMTHIS 2010 ISSUE:75%is the amount of oleic acid contained in Pioneer Hi-Breds Plenish soybean.600is the number of dealers Legend Seeds had in 2010 after it acquired Johnson Seed Co.43%is the number of women that make up the agricultural labour force in developing countries in 201017%is the potential reduction in the number of hungry people worldwide if women had the same access to productive resources as men, according to the FAO.70/ SEEDWORLD.COMJUNE 2021'