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Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America / Helen Anne Curry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curry, Helen Anne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plant mutation breeding--United States--History--20th century.
- Plant mutation breeding.
- Plant mutation breeding--Social aspects--United States.
- Plant genetic engineering--Genetic engineering--United States--History--20th century.
- Plant genetic engineering.
- Plant genetic engineering--Social aspects--United States.
- Social aspects.
- Genetic engineering.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 285 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Mutation theories
- An unsolved problem
- Speeding up evolution
- X-rays in the lab and field
- Industrial evolution
- Artificial tetraploidy
- Evolution to order
- Better evolution through chemistry
- Tinkering technologists
- The flower manufacturers
- Radiation revisited
- Mutation politics
- An atomic-age experiment station
- Atomic gardens
- The peaceful atom in global agriculture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226390086
- 022639008X
- OCLC:
- 931476568
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