Denison, R. Ford,  1953- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [227] - 247)  and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691139500 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011042239 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crops--Evolution.<br/>Evolution (Biology)<br/>Agricultural biotechnology.<br/>Sustainable agriculture.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB106.O74  / D46 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>631 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>SB106.O74  / D36 2012