Crested Wheatgrass—Early History in the United States

摘要: The first known introduction of crested wheatgrass into North America was made in 1898 by NE Hansen of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from the Valuiki Experiment Station about 150 miles north of what is now Volgograd, USSR This introduction did not become generally distributed or used. The second introduction received on an exchange basis from the same USSR experiment station in 1906 was planted and increased at experiment stations in Newell, SD, and Mandan, ND These increases were responsible for …