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The Last Harvest: The Genetic Gamble That Threatens to Destroy American Agriculture
Paul Raeburn
A successor to "Silent Spring", this book recounts, in detail, how science and government have tried to protect our endowment of germ plasm through seed banks, breeding programs, botanical gardens, and biosphere reserves. It also reveals how the vaunted productivity of American crops achieved at the expense of their natural genetic diversity.
262 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 28, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780803289628 |
| Publishers | University of Nebraska Press |
| Pages | 262 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 526 g (Weight (estimated)) |
