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From the beginning of this century plant breeding and breeding research in the Netherlands passed through a significant phase of evolution. This both applies for private breeding firms and for research institutes such as SVP.
Present and future research will result in the genetical unravelling of a variety of processes and characteristics in agricultural crops concerning biochemical pathways, and physiological parameters of quality, food safety, resistance, growth and stress tolerance.
A variety of developments in plant breeding is described including the optimistic perspectives of cell and molecular techniques and some possible draw backs.
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Eenink, A.H. The 40th anniversary of the foundation for agricultural plant breeding SVP and the evolution of plant breeding research. Euphytica 39 (Suppl 3), 1–5 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043362
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