Our history

1927 The Research center is officially created under the responsibility of Prosper Gisquet who then became Director in 1933.

1939 Obtaining an hybrid stabilized in new species. It is the first result of the genetic research undertaken by the Institute which will make it possible to adapt the varieties to the constraints of growing, environment or health: tobaccos resistant to diseases, tobaccos with low nicotine content, etc...

1939 - 1944 Construction of the laboratories of biology and chemistry, as well as the first fermentation chamber.

1957 Tests of Burley growing for American blend.

1958 A first greenhouse allows the production of young seedlings during the whole year.

1962 Development of the "cotyledon test" which allows to know at an early stage of seed development what will be the future resistance of the plant.

1975 Creation and study of the first tobacco varieties with low alkaloid rate: L.A.P whose nicotine content is lower than 0.1%.

1988 First variety of Flue-cured tobacco created in the Institute: ITB 30.

1989 Obtaining the first patent for a male-sterile F1 hybrid variety: ITB 1000 (dark air-cured tobacco).

1992 Inauguration of the new laboratories of cellular biology and confined greenhouses, showing the will of Seita to increase its potential of research in biotechnologies.

Recognition of the Nicotiana collection like national specialized collection by the CCVS.

1993 Industrial development of the variety ITB 3304, male-sterile F1 hybrid, having resistances to the black root rot (C. elegans), and to the necrotic virus Y of potato (PVYn).

1997 Approval BPE of the Tobacco Institute for the official recognition of experimentation for the evaluation of pesticides products on tobacco.

2001 Renewal of the Scientific Group of Interest (GIS) INRA/Seita/ARN.

2004 Installation of the tobacco pole research-experimentation-formation on the site of the "Domaine de la Tour". Installation of the ANITTA (National Interprofessional and Technical Tobacco Association).

2005 Installation of the experimental station of the cooperative Périgord Tabac on the site completing the Tobacco pole.

2006 The Tobacco Institute of Bergerac receives ISO 14001 Certification.

First genetic map of Nicotiana tabacum.

Release by ITB and ATC Cambridge Ltd. of 46 546 sequences of tobacco genes in EMBL and Genbank databases.

2007 First tobacco variety created by targeted mutation breeding.

 

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