First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000Science, agriculture, and social change; The genetic foundation of American agriculture; Public science ascendant: plant breeding comes of age; Heterosis and the social division of labor; Plant breedrs' rights and the social division of labor: historical perspective; Seeds of struggle: plant genetic resources in the world system; Outdoing evolution: biotechnology, botany, and business; Directions for deploument. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
World economy germplasm transfer | 9 |
New biology new seedsmen | 16 |
I | 40 |
The genetic foundation of American agriculture | 50 |
plant breeding comes | 66 |
Heterosis and the social division of labor | 91 |
Plant breeders rights and the social division | 130 |
Common terms and phrases
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