Return to resistance : breeding crops to reduce pesticide dependence /
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Author / Creator: | Robinson, Raoul A., 1928- |
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Imprint: | Davis, CA : AgAccess, 1996. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 480 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11204121 |
ISBN: | 9781552503638 1552503631 9780889367746 0889367744 9780932857170 0932857175 128084972X 9781280849725 9786610849727 6610849722 0889367744 0932857175 |
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Digital file characteristics: | data file |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (page 458) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. 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 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record. |
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. |
Other form: | Print version: Robinson, Raoul A., 1928- Return to resistance. Davis, CA : AgAccess, 1996 |
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