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- Title
Agriculture: Feeding the future.
- Authors
McCouch, Susan; Baute, Gregory J.; Bradeen, James; Bramel, Paula; Bretting, Peter K.; Buckler, Edward; Burke, John M.; Charest, David; Cloutier, Sylvie; Cole, Glenn; Dempewolf, Hannes; Dingkuhn, Michael; Feuillet, Catherine; Gepts, Paul; Grattapaglia, Dario; Guarino, Luigi; Jackson, Scott; Knapp, Sandra; Langridge, Peter; Lawton-Rauh, Amy
- Abstract
The author presents his views on need for plant scientists to develop new techniques and prevent scarcity of fruits. The author talks about dependence of mankind on only a fraction of total number of species of plants for food purposes. The author suggests bringing in another Green revolution which involves use of genetics and breeding to increase plant gene bank and to implement better food security techniques.
- Subjects
BIODIVERSITY; PLANT gene banks; PLANT diversity; PLANT breeding; GREEN Revolution; FOOD security
- Publication
Nature, 2013, Vol 499, Issue 7456, p23
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/499023a