Darwinian agriculture : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture / R. Ford Denison.
| Author/creator |
Denison, R. Ford, 1953- |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Edition | Hardcover ed. |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, |
| Description | 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
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| Contents | Repaying Darwin's debt to agriculture -- What do we need from agriculture? -- Evolution 101: the power of natural selection -- Darwinian agriculture's three core principles -- What won't work: tradeoff-blind biotechnology -- Selfish genes, sophisticated plants, and haphazard ecosystems -- What won't work: misguided mimicry of natural ecosystems -- What has worked: improving cooperation within species -- What could work better: cooperation between two species -- Stop evolution now! -- Learning from plants, ants, and ecosystems -- Diversity, bet-hedging, and selection among ideas. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227] - 247) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011042239 |
| ISBN | 9780691139500 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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