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.