[PDF.52te] The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest

The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest

[PDF.hc80] The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest

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 | #1872733 in Books |  2010-12-21 |  2010-12-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.24 x.3 x5.63l,.54 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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Susan Dworkin's The Viking in The Wheat Field tells the story of a small core|From Booklist|The visionary Danish plant scientist and pioneering seed banker Bent Skovmand found his calling at the University of Minnesota, following in the footsteps of Dr. Norman Borlaug, who won the Nobel Pea

For thirty years, Danish plant scientist Bent Skovmand served as adviser to dozens of countries and hunted for seeds with genes to resist disease and such environmental stresses as drought, flooding, and global warming. In an era when multinational corporations often jealously guarded patents on plant breeding, Skovmand fought to keep his seed bank a free, open scientific exchange for breeders and farmers everywhere.
By telling the story of Skovmand and his collea...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest   |  Susan Dworkin. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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