The Viking in the wheat field
Subtitle: a scientist's struggle to preserve the world's harvest
By: Susan Dworkin.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Skovmand, B; Wheat -- Germplasm resources; Germplasm resources, Plant; Gene banks, Plant
Other titles: Scientist's struggle to preserve the world's harvest
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The expedition to America; title: The heirs of Borlaug; title: The marriage of wheat and rye; title: Where the wheat begins; title: Save everything!; title: The proactive gene bank; title: The slippery seeds of Tibet; title: An array of tools; title: Hamlet and Mercutio; title: Dracula; title: The pea under the princess.