Evolution, plant breeding and biodiversity
This paper deals with changes in biodiversity during the course of evolution, plant domestication and plant breeding. It shows than man has had a strong influence on the progressive decrease of biodiversity, unconscious at first and deliberate in modern times. The decrease in biodiversity in the agr...
Main Author: | Salvatore Ceccarelli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Firenze
2011-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development |
Online Access: | http://www.iao.florence.it/ojs/index.php/JAEID/article/view/28 |
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