Item DB/2/1/7 - Closure of the Pulse Breeding Programme at PBI by Monsanto. Articles on Bean Breeding.

Extent: 1 folder

Paper: 'The Closure of the pulse breeding programme at PBIC will bring to an end 50 years of faba bean breeding at Cambridge' , D A Bond, G R A Croften and Jane Thomas (1999). Paper: 'Some thoughts on Grain Legume breeding and research in Europe, D A Bond [nd c 1999]. Paper: 'Contribution of autumn sown varieties in improvement of grain legumes', D A Bond and B Carronee (1997). Paper: 'History of Winter Beans (Vicia faba) in the UK', D A Bond and G R A Crofton (NIAB), 1998. Article in Broadcast, Issue 7 (copy) 'A Brief History of Beans', D A Bond [c 1992]. Correspondence with Jane Thomas, Geoffrey Gent, Mervyn Pope (PBI), Monsanto and others regarding the closure. Newspaper/magazine articles about beans, Farmer's Weekly etc. (copies). MAFF Seed Trader's Annual Return Summary (1997). MAFF statistics: Agricultural and horticultural census and Survey of Agriculture 1997-1999. Areas approved for field bean 1994. NIAB variety descriptions of winter beans 1999.