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    Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence

    By International Development Research Centre Staff and Raoul A. Robinson

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    About this ebook

    In the tradition of Silent Spring, Raoul Robinson's Return to Resistance calls for a revolution. Traditional plant breeding techniques have led us to depend more and more on chemical pesticides to protect ourcrops. Return to Resistance shows gardeners, farmers, and plant breeders how to use a long-neglected technique to create hardy new plant varieties that are naturally resistant to pests and disease.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInternational Development Research Centre
    Release dateNov 1, 1995
    ISBN9780889367746
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