Periodicals in the field of research on plant breeding in 1961

The developing research on plant breeding induced a need for periodicals. Various were founded and in countries which did not start a plant breeding journal the research workers continue to make use of general and genetic periodicals or of foreign plant breeding journals. Much is still being published in annual reports or reports of congresses with a limited distribution.It may be expected that more and more the research on plant breeding will be published in specific journals and also in a language which is generally understood. In this way efficiency of publication will be furthered.The author gives a survey of the 16 periodicals in the field of research on plant breeding and one abstracting journal.