Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Using this book
- Nomenclature and terminology
- Abbreviations and glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The science of plant breeding
- Part II The societal context of plant breeding
- Part III Turmoil and transition: the legacy of the 1980s
- Part IV The agbiotech paradigm
- Part V Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
- Part VI Plant breeding in the twenty-first century
- Notes
- References
- Index
Part VI - Plant breeding in the twenty-first century
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Using this book
- Nomenclature and terminology
- Abbreviations and glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The science of plant breeding
- Part II The societal context of plant breeding
- Part III Turmoil and transition: the legacy of the 1980s
- Part IV The agbiotech paradigm
- Part V Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
- Part VI Plant breeding in the twenty-first century
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Eaque est scientia, quae sint in quoque agro serenda ac
facienda, quo terra maximos perpetuo reddat fructus.
It [agronomy] is as well a science, which teaches us what crops should be planted in each kind of soil, and what operations are to be carried on, in order that the land may regularly produce the largest crops.
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BCE) Rerum Rusticarum de Agri Cultura- Type
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- Plant Breeding and BiotechnologySocietal Context and the Future of Agriculture, pp. 239 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007