Darwinian agriculture [electronic resource] : how understanding evolution can improve agriculture / R. Ford Denison.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denison, R. Ford, 1953-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Edition:Hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Crops > Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Agricultural biotechnology.
Sustainable agriculture.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Darwinian Agriculture: How Understanding Evolution Can Improve Agriculture
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Repaying Darwin's debt to agriculture
  • What do we need from agriculture?
  • Evolution 101: the power of natural selection
  • Darwinian agriculture's three core principles
  • What won't work: tradeoff-blind biotechnology
  • Selfish genes, sophisticated plants, and haphazard ecosystems
  • What won't work: misguided mimicry of natural ecosystems
  • What has worked: improving cooperation within species
  • What could work better: cooperation between two species
  • Stop evolution now!
  • Learning from plants, ants, and ecosystems
  • Diversity, bet-hedging, and selection among ideas.