Development of maize breeding and production in Hungary
2007
Marton, L.C., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvasar (Hungary). Agricultural Research Institute | Hadi, G., Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvasar (Hungary). Agricultural Research Institute
From the beginning of the 20th century Hungarian maize breeding was able to supply the biological material required for maize production for many decades. It was in Martonvasar, Hungary that Endre Pap developed the first maize hybrid in Europe, registered in 1953. Maize breeding is now underway in five research units in Hungary. Since the 1980s there has been an increase both in the number of foreign maize hybrids grown in Hungary and in their sowing area. The 12 seed processing plants constructed between 1956 and 1964 made it possible for hybrid maize production to spread throughout Hungary within a very short time, contributing to an intensive rise in yield averages. By the 1980s Hungary had become one of the world leading maize seed exporters.
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