Gene Banks and the World's Food

Donald L. Plucknett; Nigel J. H. Smith; J. T. Williams; N. Murthi Anishetty

ISBN 10: 0691084386 / ISBN 13: 9780691084381

Edité par Princeton University Press, 1987

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Review. 1987. Cloth/DJ (6 x 9-1/4 in.), 247pp, illus. (B&W photos). Review of world plant genetic securing for future agricultural stability. New.

N° de réf. du vendeur 31-1841

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Gene Banks and the World's Food
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date de parution: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0691084386
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691084381
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Ecology

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Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.