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1 online resource (xv, 480 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 458) and index. |
| Summary |
In the tradition of Silent Spring, Raoul Robinson's Return to Resistance calls for a revolution. Traditional plant breeding techniques have led us to depend more and more on chemical pesticides to protect ourcrops. Return to Resistance shows gardeners, farmers, and plant breeders how to use a long-neglected technique to create hardy new plant varieties that are naturally resistant to pests and disease. Horizontal resistance breeding has been largely ignored in this century due to the popularity and apparent successes of the Mendelian geneticists. However the colossal, unrecognized failure of m. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plant breeding.
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Plant breeding. |
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Crops -- Genetics.
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Crops -- Genetics. |
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Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects.
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Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects. |
| Indexed Term |
Crops Genetics |
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Plant breeding |
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Plants Disease and pest resistance Genetic aspects |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Raoul A., 1928- Return to resistance. Davis, CA : AgAccess, 1996 (DLC) 95024667 |
| ISBN |
9781552503638 (electronic book) |
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1552503631 (electronic book) |
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9780889367746 |
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0889367744 |
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9780932857170 (alkaline paper) |
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0932857175 (alkaline paper) |
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0889367744 |
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0932857175 (alkaline paper) |
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