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GUSN-270589
xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Explains the importance of maintaining plant & animal diversity & describes experiments with genetic engineering & factory farming. Annotation. The award-winning author explores the issue of biodiversity, how it is threatened, and how we can preserve it. This informative, well-written book provides excellent report material on a subject that is both interesting and complex.
Crops Germplasm resources
Livestock Germplasm resources
Germplasm resources
Biodiversity conservation
Agriculture
Biodiversity.
Conservation of natural resources.
Agriculture.
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.
What is diversity? -- The perils of uniformity -- Pressures against preservation -- The pitfalls of modern crop breeding -- Up close : traditional farming systems -- Modern farms, fewer breeds -- Banking genes -- Finding creative solutions.
San Diego : Harcourt Brace
xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Explains the importance of maintaining plant & animal diversity & describes experiments with genetic engineering & factory farming. Annotation. The award-winning author explores the issue of biodiversity, how it is threatened, and how we can preserve it. This informative, well-written book provides excellent report material on a subject that is both interesting and complex.
"A Gulliver green book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Received from education team, 2012.
0152928677 (alk. paper)
9780152928674 (alk. paper)
Stacks S494.3.P38 1994
Juvenile literature.
1st ed.
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