Genes from the wild using wild genetic resources for food and raw materials
Prescott-Allen
Genes from the wild using wild genetic resources for food and raw materials - Sterling Earthscan 2009 - 108P.:ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp production further into the north.
9781849710121
Germplasm resources --Utilization.
333.95/34PRE
Genes from the wild using wild genetic resources for food and raw materials - Sterling Earthscan 2009 - 108P.:ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp production further into the north.
9781849710121
Germplasm resources --Utilization.
333.95/34PRE