| Description |
1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Contents |
Role of Economics in Crop Genetic Diversity; Conceptual Framework for Crop Diversity: Concepts and Measurement; Agricultural Policy, the Wheat Economy, and Crop Diversity in China; Policy Influences on Wheat Genetic Diversity in Australia; Breeder Demand for and Utilization of Wheat Genetic Resources in Australia; Wheat Diversity Changes in China, 19821997; Wheat Diversity Changes in Australia, 19651997; Explaining Spatial Diversity in Wheat in Australia and China; Determinants of Wheat Diversity in Chinese Household Farms; Wheat Diversity and Total Factor Productivity in China; Cost Function Analysis of Wheat Diversity in China; Overview and Policy Implications |
| Summary |
Scientific breeding in the twentieth century greatly accelerated wheats evolution, producing high-yielding varieties that helped avoid famine in many developing countries. Emerging scientific tools hold promise for identifying and tapping new, useful genetic diversity within wheats primary and secondary gene pools and, through genetic engineering, |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed May 6, 2019) |
| Subject |
Wheat -- Economic aspects -- China
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Wheat -- Economic aspects -- Australia
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Wheat -- Varieties -- China
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Wheat -- Varieties -- Australia
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Wheat -- China -- Genetics
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Wheat -- Australia -- Genetics
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Agriculture and state -- China
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Agriculture and state -- Australia
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY -- Agriculture -- General.
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Agriculture and state
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Wheat -- Economic aspects
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Wheat -- Genetics
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Wheat -- Varieties
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Australia
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meng, Erika C. H., editor.
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Brennan, John P., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429061646 |
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0429061641 |
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9780429526671 |
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0429526679 |
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9780429541377 |
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0429541376 |
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9781439843529 |
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143984352X |
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