Gene Banks and the World's Food

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Princeton University Press, 14 juli 2014 - 264 sidor
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Gene Banks and the World's Food contributes to the crucial debate on how best to preserve some of society's most valuable raw material. The authors also provide an up-to-date report on the status and locations of gene banks, which includes the latest available information on germplasm holdings by crop. They (hen discuss how these holdings are being used to develop better crop varieties for the benefit of people around the world.

Originally published in 1986.

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TitelGene Banks and the World's Food
Volym 457 av Princeton Legacy Library
FörfattareDonald L. Plucknett, Nigel J.H. Smith
UtgivarePrinceton University Press, 2014
ISBN1400858119, 9781400858118
Längd264 sidor
  
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