Old and new books dealing with general plant breeding

In this article a survey is given of old and new books on general plant breeding. They cover a period of some 60 years. A total of 220 titles has been mentioned. The survey has been subdivided in 17 groups according to language; a comment on most groups is given.An approximately equal number of books has been published in English and in German. It can be stated that about half of the total have been published in other languages. Most books in German are written by German authors; the majority of books in English are of American origin.Textbooks supply the needs of instruction on plant breeding and are also popular among plant breeders.