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.
Temas:
Strawberry industry > California.
Strawberries > Diseases and pests > Control.
Soilborne plant pathogens > Control.
Fraises > Industrie > Californie.
Micro-organismes phytopathogènes du sol > Lutte contre.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Strawberry industry.
California.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: the battle against methyl iodide
  • Introduction: California strawberry assemblages
  • Emergent pathogens
  • Curiously bred plants and proprietary institutions
  • Chemical solutions and regulatory push back
  • Soiled advantages and highly valued land
  • Scarce labor and disposable bodies
  • Precarious repairs and growing pathologies
  • Imperfect alternatives and tenuous futures
  • Conclusion: the problem with the solution.

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