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Figure 1. Johann Burger
Source: Wadl 2009.
Observations and reflections by maize expert Johann Burger
Its ascent to the most important arable plant was slow. In other territories
of the Alpine region, such as Tyrol or Vorarlberg, it prevailed earlier. For a
long time, the thesis prevailed that it only became part of the crop rotation
system in the second half of the eighteenth century, coming from Italy and
Hungary (Dinklage 1966, 175). This assumption was based on Johann Burger
(see Dinklage 1970), agricultural expert and professor of agriculture at the
Klagenfurt Lyzeum, who published a comprehensive treatise on maize in
1809 (Burger 1809). For decades, his “maize monograph” was a standard work
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Figure 1. Johann Burger
Source: Wadl 2009.
Observations and reflections by maize expert Johann Burger
Its ascent to the most important arable plant was slow. In other territories
of the Alpine region, such as Tyrol or Vorarlberg, it prevailed earlier. For a
long time, the thesis prevailed that it only became part of the crop rotation
system in the second half of the eighteenth century, coming from Italy and
Hungary (Dinklage 1966, 175). This assumption was based on Johann Burger
(see Dinklage 1970), agricultural expert and professor of agriculture at the
Klagenfurt Lyzeum, who published a comprehensive treatise on maize in
1809 (Burger 1809). For decades, his “maize monograph” was a standard work
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