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Darwinian agriculture : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture / R. Ford Denison.

By: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.Edition: Hardcover edDescription: 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691139500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 631 23
LOC classification:
  • SB106.O74 D46 2012
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.
Title Notes:

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.

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