Evolution made to order : plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America /
Curry, Helen Anne,author.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Plant mutation breeding
Plant mutation breeding
Plant genetic engineering
Plant genetic engineering