VIKING IN THE WHEAT FIELD, THE .

Author: Dworkin, Susan
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2009
No. of pages: 239
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 20 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 82717403
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 6963

Price: $19.50

In 1999, a destructive new form of wheat stem rust—spotted in Uganda and dubbed "UG99"—quickly turned robust golden fields into dark, tangled ruins. Unchecked, UG99 could spread all over the world, including the United States. Breeders began searching seed collections for sources of resistance, assisted in large part by the Center for Improvement of Maize and Wheat in Mexico, developed by Danish scientist Bent Skovmand, who for decades had amassed, multiplied, and documented thousands of wheat varieties. Susan Dworkin profiles a scientist who, in an era when breeding information is jealously guarded by corporations and governments, fights to keep his seed bank a center for free, open scientific exchange.