Agricultural productivity
Subtitle: expanding the limits
By: by Yao-chi Lu and Leroy Quance
Contributors: Quance, Leroy, author; United States. Department of Agriculture. Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service
Series: Agriculture information bulletin -- no. 431
Publisher: Department of Agriculture, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Washington]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Agricultural productivity
Description: The growth rate for U.S. agricultural productivity through the year 2000 may equal the historical rate if research and extension investment increase the unprecedented technologies develop. The most promising new technologies are photosynthesis enhancement (formation of plant carbohydrates through exposure to light), bioregulators (compounds which promote ripening or prolong shelf life) in crop production, and twinning in beef cattle production.
Notes: Issued Aug. 1979.

Bibliography: p. 11.