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The article was published on 1975-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1120 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Domestication & Germplasm.read more
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The Search for New Food Resources
TL;DR: There is no world strategic plan for new crop research, which is presently curtailed by lack of long term support, and the investigation of completely new crops is virtually ignored and is confined at present to the ornamental and pharmaceutical industries.
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Genetically modified food : the dilemma of Africa
TL;DR: The entire subject of GM organisms and GM technology is saddled with different opinions, considerable frustrations, and a growing sense of ethical and environment concerns, globally as mentioned in this paper The question then is: should opinions and perceptions about GM crops stand the way of technologies that can potentially improve the survival and quality of life for millions of people in Africa? Scientists must help provide an answer to this question by ensuring that debate on GM crops addresses facts not opinions so as to respond to society's concern.
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Screening the Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Combining Ability for Yield
TL;DR: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plant introduction (PI) accessions from the regional PI station at Ames,Iowa were evaluated in open-field production for single- harvest yield at Clinton, N.C. and Ames, Iowa, and most cultigens performed as expected for the yield traits in the retest study.
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Does Malthus Really Explain the Constancy of Living Standards
TL;DR: This paper proposed the theory of group selection to explain the constancy of living standards, and showed that if the surplus sector had grown faster than the subsistence sector, living standards could have grown steadily before the industrial revolution but they did not.