An Historical Perspective from the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages

  Davies, W Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Food supply; Genetics

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PLANT GENETICS; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HISTORY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POVERTY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HYBRID VIGOR; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POVERTY; SEEDS;

EID: 0141557916     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2003.jun.s124-s134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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