Conserving genetic resources for agriculture: counting the cost

As improved crop varieties developed by scientific breeding spread throughout the world in the latter half of the 20th century, the risk of excessive reliance by farmers and breeders on a narrowing genetic base was dramatized by the infestation and vulnerability of U.S. hybrid corn with cytoplasm ma...

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Autores principales: Koo, Bonwoo, Pardey, Philip G., Wright, Brian D.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156820

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