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Wilted : pathogens, chemicals, and the fragile future of the strawberry industry /

"Wilted tells how, in the face of emergent soil pathogens, the California strawberry industry came to rely on the use of highly toxic soil fumigants. Once widely adopted, fumigation reverberated throughout the rest of the production system--in plant breeding, land access, labor practices, marke...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guthman, Julie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Colección:Critical environments (Oakland, Calif.) ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Wilted tells how, in the face of emergent soil pathogens, the California strawberry industry came to rely on the use of highly toxic soil fumigants. Once widely adopted, fumigation reverberated throughout the rest of the production system--in plant breeding, land access, labor practices, marketing, and more, bringing tremendous productivity. Yet, the very entanglements of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and laboring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now turned into a set of interlocking threats, especially as social and ecological conditions beyond the industry's control bear down on growers"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 308 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520973343
0520973348