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Hybrid

Author : Noel Kingsbury
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226437132
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Hybrid written by Noel Kingsbury and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary perfect foods are themselves far from anything that could properly be called natural, rather, they represent the end of a millennia-long history of selective breeding and hybridization. Starting his story at the birth of agriculture, Kingsbury traces the history of human attempts to make plants more reliable, productive, and nutritiousa story that owes as much to accident and error as to innovation and experiment. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs and thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy today. At the same time, Kingsbury reminds us that contemporary controversies over the Green Revolution and genetically modified crops are not new, plant breeding has always had a political dimension."--Publisher's description.

Seeds of Science

Author : Mark Lynas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472946952
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Seeds of Science written by Mark Lynas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Fluent, persuasive and surely right.' Evening Standard The inside story of the fight for and against genetic modification in food. Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s – working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement – he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most people around the world – from New York to China – still think that 'GMO' foods are bad for their health or likely to damage the environment. But Mark has changed his mind. This book explains why. In 2013, in a world-famous recantation speech, Mark apologised for having destroyed GM crops. He spent the subsequent years touring Africa and Asia, and working with plant scientists who are using this technology to help smallholder farmers in developing countries cope better with pests, diseases and droughts. This book lifts the lid on the anti-GMO craze and shows how science was left by the wayside as a wave of public hysteria swept the world. Mark takes us back to the origins of the technology and introduces the scientific pioneers who invented it. He explains what led him to question his earlier assumptions about GM food, and talks to both sides of this fractious debate to see what still motivates worldwide opposition today. In the process he asks – and answers – the killer question: how did we all get it so wrong on GMOs? 'An important contribution to an issue with enormous potential for benefiting humanity.' Stephen Pinker 'I warmly recommend it.' Philip Pullman

Alfalfa Silage

Author : Ollie Ezekiel Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Alfalfa Silage written by Ollie Ezekiel Reed and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Corn & Capitalism

Author : Arturo Warman
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807854372
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Corn & Capitalism written by Arturo Warman and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy. The book, first published in Mexico i

Pioneer Hybrid Corn

Author : Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Hybrid Corn written by Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memories of Life on the Farm

Author : Frederick Whitford
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 155753909X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Memories of Life on the Farm written by Frederick Whitford and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Calvin Allen, professionally known as J. C., worked as a photographer for Purdue University from 1909-1952, and operated his own photography business until his death in 1976. The J. C. Allen photographs represent a historical account of the transition from pioneer practices to scientific methodologies in agriculture and rural communities. During this major transitional period for agriculture, tractors replaced horses, hybrid corn supplanted open-pollinated corn, and soybeans changed from a novelty crop to regular rotation on most farms. During this time, purebred animals with better genetic pedigrees replaced run-of-the-mill livestock, and systematic disease prevention in cattle, swine, and poultry took place. Allen's photographs also document clothing styles, home furnishings, and the items people thought important as they went about their daily lives. Looking closely at tractors, livestock, wagons, planters, sprayers, harvesting equipment, and crops gives one a sense of the changing and fast-paced world of agriculture at that time. This volume contains over 900 picturesque images, most never-before-seen, of men, women, and children working on the farm, which remain powerful reminders of life in rural America at the turn of the twentieth century. As old farmhouses and barns fall victim to age, Allen photographs are all that remain. While those people and times no longer exist today, they do remain "alive" because of the preservation of that history on film. A camera in his hands and an eye for photography allowed Allen to create indelible visual histories that continue to tell the story of agriculture and rural life from long ago.

Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn

Author : Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn written by Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Specialty Corns

Author : Arnel R. Hallauer
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420038567
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Specialty Corns written by Arnel R. Hallauer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-08-23 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Specialty Corns includes everything in the first edition and more. Considered the standard in this field, significant changes have been made to keep all the information current and bring the references up-to-date. Two new chapters have been added to keep up with the latest trends: Blue Corn and

The Wallaces of Iowa

Author : Russell Lord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Wallaces of Iowa written by Russell Lord and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hybrid Cultivar Development

Author : S.S. Banga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540635239
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Cultivar Development written by S.S. Banga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterosis breeding based on male sterility has become established in many field crops and has been credited with high productivity. This book presents an update on the advent and promise of hybrids with comprehensive coverage of theoretical and applied aspects of heterosis breeding. Its principal elements are the hybrid advantage, pollination control mechanisms and finally the production of hybrid seeds. Individual crop specialists present in-depth analyses of intricacies involved in the development of hybrids of rice, wheat, maize, barley, pearl millet, sorghum, cotton, sunflower, rapeseed-mustard, castor, pigeonpea, tomato, onion, cole crops, peppers, and melon. The book will be used by researchers, teachers and students of botany, genetics, horticulture and plant breeding.

Growing Grain Sorghum

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Grain Sorghum written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Corn and Soybeans

Author : William Carlyle Etheridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Corn and Soybeans written by William Carlyle Etheridge and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Races of Maize in Mexico

Author : Edwin John Wellhausen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Races of Maize in Mexico written by Edwin John Wellhausen and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of maize classification. How races used in classification. Geographical distribution. Existing races of maize in Mexico.

Corn and Its Early Fathers

Author : Henry Agard Wallace
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Corn and Its Early Fathers written by Henry Agard Wallace and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1956 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smith V. Dravo Corp

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smith V. Dravo Corp written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Third Plate

Author : Dan Barber
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594204071
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (942 download)

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Download or read book The Third Plate written by Dan Barber and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] renowned chef ... Barber explores the evolution of American food from the "first plate," or industrially-produced, meat-heavy dishes, to the "second plate" of grass-fed meat and organic greens, and says that both of these approaches are ultimately neither sustainable nor healthy. Instead, Barber proposes Americans should move to the "third plate," a cuisine rooted in seasonal productivity, natural livestock rhythms, whole-grains, and small portions of free-range meat"--Provided by publisher.

Maize Kernel Development

Author : Brian A Larkins
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 178639121X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Maize Kernel Development written by Brian A Larkins and published by CABI. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an authoritative book that acts as a guide to understanding maize kernel development. Written by a team of experts, it covers topics spanning pre- and post-fertilization events, embryo and endosperm development, grain filling and maturation, and factors influencing crop yield. It explores the significance of maize and other cereal grains, existing hypotheses and research, and important gaps in our knowledge and how we might fill them. This is a valuable resource for researchers of maize and other cereals, and anyone working on basic or applied science in the fields of seed development, plant genetics, and crop physiology.