Return to resistance : breeding crops to reduce pesticide dependence / Raoul A. Robinson.

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Robinson, Raoul A, 1928-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Davis, CA : AgAccess, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 480 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781552503638
1552503631
9780889367746
0889367744
9780932857170
0932857175
128084972X
9781280849725
9786610849727
6610849722

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632/.96 22

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SB123 .R653 1996eb

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43.61
48.58

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Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Explanations; Part Two: Examples; Part Three: Solutions; Glossary; Appendices; Index

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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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Includes bibliographical references (page 458) and index.

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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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Explanations; Part Two: Examples; Part Three: Solutions; Glossary; Appendices; Index

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