Hybrid: The History And Science Of Plant Breeding

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs.

• | By (Author): Noel Kingsbury
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 512 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0226437132
• | ISBN-13: 9780226437132