Global Plant Genetic Resources for Insect-Resistant Crops
Clement, Stephen L. / Quisenberry, Sharron S.
This book explores plant biodiversity, its preservation, and its use to develop crops resistant to pests, thereby reducing world-wide use of chemical pesticides. From the foreward by -Masa Iwanaga, Deputy Director General (Programme), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy: "... it is essential that the problem of food security be recognized as a challenge facing all of humanity, and that concerted global efforts in agric...