Wide adaptation of Green Revolution wheat: International roots and the Indian context of a new plant breeding ideal, 1960-1970

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-50

  Baranski, Marci R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Revolution; India; Norman E. Borlaug; Plant breeding; Rainfed agriculture; Rockefeller Foundation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; WHEAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INDIA; PLANT BREEDING; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 84925946843     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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