Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America /
Curry, Helen Anne,
Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America / Helen Anne Curry. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780226390116
Plant mutation breeding--History--United States--20th century.
Plant mutation breeding--Social aspects--United States.
Plant genetic engineering--Genetic engineering--History--United States--20th century.
Plant genetic engineering--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
SB83 / .E965 2016
Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America / Helen Anne Curry. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780226390116
Plant mutation breeding--History--United States--20th century.
Plant mutation breeding--Social aspects--United States.
Plant genetic engineering--Genetic engineering--History--United States--20th century.
Plant genetic engineering--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic Books.
SB83 / .E965 2016