Is plant breeding science objective truth or social construction? The case of yield stability

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-270

  Cleveland, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for People Food and Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop genetic resources; Epistemology; Genotype by environment interaction; Green Revolution; Modern crop varieties; Plant breeding; Scientific knowledge; Sustainable agriculture; Yield stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041875030     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011923222493     Document Type: Article

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