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.1915191719201925 1930193519401945195019551960196519701975198019851990199119952000200520102012201420152020Pathogenic races18% of the U.S.One and one-halfDiscovery of theThe major human Scientists complete breeding of plant fungi firstpopulation is engagedman-hours of laborhomeoboxregion of allergen in soybean seedof a honey bee with discovered. in agriculture. required on 1 acre toa gene that enables it suppressed byresistance to the varroa mite, produce 30 bushels ofto control other genessequence-mediated genethe most devastating wheat.in plants. silencing in transgenicparasite of bees. soybeans.A MOMENT IN TIMEOur September 2014 issue featured our very first Future Giant of the Seed Industry. For that inaugural year, Chris Boomsma was selected to receive the honor. Employed at Dow Agrosciences at the time, he received the award at the American Seed Trade Associations 131st Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. There is a misperception that farming and agriculture dont require an education, are environmentally destructive and are low-tech. Its quite the opposite, he told us. Agriculture is high-tech, often requires higher education and employs a wide array of skills and knowledge. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 2014 ISSUE:2billion is the number of Euros that neonicotinoid seed treatments contrib-uted annually to EU commodity crop revenues.4billion is the value of neonicotinoid treated seed to growers versus not using pesticides at all.17billion is the amount of money the EU could lose if the ban were to continue over a five-year period.5%was the estimated decrease in EU farmer income that could be lost under the ban. 50,000is the estimated number of farm jobs that would also be lost due to the restrictions on neonicotinoids in the EU.86/ SEEDWORLD.COMSEPTEMBER 2020'