TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prescott-Allen
TI  - Genes from the wild: using wild genetic resources for food and raw materials
SN  - 9781849710121
U1  - 333.95/34PRE 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Sterling
PB  - Earthscan
KW  - Germplasm resources --Utilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -