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Genes from the wild using wild genetic resources for food and raw materials

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sterling Earthscan 2009Description: 108P.:illISBN:
  • 9781849710121
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.95/34PRE
Summary: 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.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 333.95/34PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000733

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.

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