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Contents
Origins of plant breeding
Creating new genetic variation
Modern high-tech breeding
Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers
Public sector breeding in the UK
Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond
Resurgence of the private sector
Emergence of a new crop improvement paradigm
Decline of the public sector
Reaping the consequences
Agbiotech: genes and dreams
The future of transgenic crops I: improving the technology
The future of transgenic crops II: improving the products
Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
The roles of management, subsidies and breeding in crop improvement
The future of international plant breeding
Rebalancing our approach to crop improvement.
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