Abstract
Since a variety registration system was introduced in Hungary in 1914, all the necessary information about varieties improved by professional breeders is made public. However, little is known about the origin of varieties bred by local farmers for their own purposes in Eastern Central Europe. The catalogue of the First National Maize Exhibition, held in Budapest in 1914, provides a unique opportunity to investigate the genetic background of the maize varieties of the time. It seems likely that the diversity of this genetic background was preserved until the beginning of hybrid maize breeding. The flint varieties of the time proved to be the most variable (Caribbean, Andean, Paduan and Northern flints). Among the Corn Belt Dents, Leaming, Queen of the Prairie, Reid Yellow Dent, Iowa Goldmine and Northwestern Dent were the most frequent varieties, while Tuxpan, Gourdseed, Shoepeg, Hickory King and Southern Prolific were the most frequent of the Southern Dent varieties. In many cases the varieties introduced...
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