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1 online resource (xv, 480 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Explanations; Part Two: Examples; Part Three: Solutions; Glossary; Appendices; Index |
| Summary |
In the tradition of Silent Spring, Raoul Robinson's Return to Resistance calls for a revolution. Traditional plant breeding techniques have led us to depend more and more on chemical pesticides to protect ourcrops. Return to Resistance shows gardeners, farmers, and plant breeders how to use a long-neglected technique to create hardy new plant varieties that are naturally resistant to pests and disease. Horizontal resistance breeding has been largely ignored in this century due to the popularity and apparent successes of the Mendelian geneticists. However the colossal, unrecognized failure of m |
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Crops Genetics |
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Plant breeding |
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Plants Disease and pest resistance Genetic aspects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 458) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Plant breeding.
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Crops -- Genetics.
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Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Pest Control.
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Crops -- Genetics
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Plant breeding
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Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects
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Gewasbescherming.
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Pesticiden.
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| Genre/Form |
Computer network resources
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781552503638 |
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1552503631 |
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9780889367746 |
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0889367744 |
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9780932857170 |
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0932857175 |
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128084972X |
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9781280849725 |
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9786610849727 |
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6610849722 |
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