XVI International Botanical Congess
As a direct result of the success in the development of double hybrid maize in the United States, this technology was adopted in other areas of the World quite rapidly following World War II. In Spain it was introduced almost at the same time as in the United States. This was due to the work of Cruz Gallįstegui, who was studying with D. F. Jones at the time of the first double hybrid harvest. Gallįstegui's work, although prevalent throughout Spain, mainly focused on the major producing provinces of Galicia, where he grew the first European hybrids of maize. The purpose of this study is to analyze Gallįstegui's role in the introduction of hybrid maize technology to Spain, and it's relation to the agrarian matters of the Second Spanish Republic.