Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding

Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding

by Noel Kingsbury (Author)

Synopsis

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title 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.

$40.05

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7 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 504
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 27 Oct 2009

ISBN 10: 0226437043
ISBN 13: 9780226437040