Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America / Helen Anne Curry.
2016
SB83 .C87 2016eb
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Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America / Helen Anne Curry.
Author
Curry, Helen Anne, author.
ISBN
9780226390116 (electronic book)
9780226390086
9780226390086
Published
Chicago, [Illinois] ; London, [England] : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations
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SB83 .C87 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
631.5/233
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Mutation theories
An unsolved problem
Speeding up evolution
X-rays in the lab and field
Industrial evolution
Artificial tetraploidy
Evolution to order
Better evolution through chemistry
Tinkering technologists
The flower manufacturers
Radiation revisited
Mutation politics
An atomic-age experiment station
Atomic gardens
The peaceful atom in global agriculture.
An unsolved problem
Speeding up evolution
X-rays in the lab and field
Industrial evolution
Artificial tetraploidy
Evolution to order
Better evolution through chemistry
Tinkering technologists
The flower manufacturers
Radiation revisited
Mutation politics
An atomic-age experiment station
Atomic gardens
The peaceful atom in global agriculture.