Darwinian agriculture : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture /
Denison, R. Ford, 1953-
Darwinian agriculture : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture / R. Ford Denison. - Hardcover ed. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012. - 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227] - 247) and index.
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.
9780691139500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2011042239
Crops--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Agricultural biotechnology.
Sustainable agriculture.
SB106.O74 / D46 2012
631
SB106.O74 / D36 2012
Darwinian agriculture : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture / R. Ford Denison. - Hardcover ed. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012. - 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227] - 247) and index.
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.
9780691139500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2011042239
Crops--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Agricultural biotechnology.
Sustainable agriculture.
SB106.O74 / D46 2012
631
SB106.O74 / D36 2012