Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Report of Annual Corn and Sorghum Research Conference
Author: First the Seed
Author: Jack Ralph KloppenburgPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521395588
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This history of the scientific and commercial lines of plant development in the United States traces the transformation of the seed from a public good produced and reproduced by farmers into a commodity controlled by businesses and corporations divorced from the uses of their product.
Crop Reactions To Water And Temperature Stresses In Humid, Temperate Climates
Author: Paul J KramerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429724462
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
First published 1983. Aimed at improving agricultural production by providing a better under· standing of the interaction between crops and the environment, this book presents the latest research findings on the effects of water and temperature stresses on plants in humid temperate regions. It also covers management practices and breeding programs that may reduce crop sensitivity to the vagaries of weather.
Toward Insect Resistant Maize for the Third World
Author: International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterPublisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686127355
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Maize research for stress environments
Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686923513
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Seeds and Sovereignty
Author: Jack R. Kloppenburg Jr.Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822399733
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Seeds for economically important crops are big business indeed. As large seed companies continue to improve their product in various ways, they make use of the original gene pools of these plants, often located in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. With increasing recognition that plant germplasm is an important raw material, highly charged international disputes have developed over the exchange and use of this material, adding another point of contention between poor nations and the manufacturing wealthier ones. Twenty experts from several nations, representing both the natural and social sciences, consider the historical background, the issue of patent rights as applied to plant germplasm, the nature of global genetic interdependence, the internationalization of the seed industry, the implications of biotechnology on genetic resources, the Third World attitude toward the debate, and the viewpoints of the International Agricultural Research Centers.
The Social Consequences And Challenges Of New Agricultural Technologies
Author: Gigi M BerardiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000305481
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Although formal social impact assessment of changing technologies in U.S. agriculture is still in its infancy, scholars have been documenting the effects of new technology throughout the twentieth century. In this collection, Prcfessors Berardi and Geisler bring together historically relevant research and a carefully chosen cross section of contemporary work. Their review of the literature is followed by an evaluation of the effects of mechanization on labor and production, written in 1904, which provides a backdrop for papers from the 1940s and 1950s examining the mechanization of agriculture in the South, in the Midwest, and in rural areas in general. Subsequent chapters offer present-day insights on such topics as the socioeconomic consequences of automated vegetable and tobacco harvesting, center-pivot irrigation, and organic and no-till cultivation. The authors also look at compensation and adjustment programs for displaced labor, the relationship between technology and agribusiness growth, and the effectiveness of university programs that prepare students to perform social impact assessments in agriculture. The edited proceedings of a spirited roundtable discussion on new directions for the study of the social impacts of farm technology and the political economy of agriculture provide the thought-provoking conclusion to this overview of the field.
Recent Advances in the Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources
Author: Nathan RussellPublisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686127447
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Proceedings and Minutes, Annual Meeting of the Agricultural Research Institute
Author: Agricultural Research Institute (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Breeding Field Crops
Author: John Milton PoehlmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The plant breeder and his work; Reproduction in crop plants; Genetics and plant breeding: gene recombination; Genetics and plant breeding: variations in chromosome number; Genetics and plant breeding: mutation; Fertility regulating mechanisms and their manipulation; Plant introduction, acclimatization and germ plasm conservation; Methods of breeding: self-pollinated crops; Methods of breeding: cross-polinated crops, asexually propagated crops; Techniques in breeding field crops; Breeding wheat and triticale breeding wheat; Breeding rice; Breeding barley and oats breeding barley; Breeding soybeans; Breeding corn; Breeding sorghum and millet breeding sorghum; Breeding cotton; Breeding sugar beets; Breeding forage crops; Seed production practices.