Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America /

In the mid-20th century, American plant breeders, frustrated by their dependence on natural variation in creating new crops and flowers, eagerly sought technologies that could extend human control over nature. Their search led them to celebrate a series of strange tools: an x-ray beam directed at do...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curry, Helen Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1900-1999
Plant mutation breeding > United States > History > 20th century.
Plant mutation breeding > Social aspects > United States.
Plant genetic engineering > Genetic engineering > United States > History > 20th century.
Plant genetic engineering > Social aspects > United States.
Mutation induite chez les plantes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mutation induite chez les plantes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Génie génétique végétal > Génie génétique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Génie génétique végétal > Aspect social > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Plant mutation breeding
Biotechnologie
Gentechnologie
Pflanzenzüchtung
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mutation theories
  • An unsolved problem
  • Speeding up evolution
  • X-rays in the lab and field
  • Industrial evolution
  • Artificial tetraploidy
  • Evolution to order
  • Better evolution through chemistry
  • Tinkering technologists
  • The flower manufacturers
  • Radiation revisited
  • Mutation politics
  • An atomic-age experiment station
  • Atomic gardens
  • The peaceful atom in global agriculture.

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