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New Agricultural Crops - Hardcover

Ritchie, Gary A.

 
9780367021252: New Agricultural Crops

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Current and projected worldwide shortages of energy, fertilizer, and irrigation water, coupled with a rapidly expanding population, are prompting agricultural scientists to seek, identify, and develop new crop species. Such crops should be energy- and water-efficient, well adapted to marginal lands, suited to intensive culture, and productive of ma

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Gary A. Ritchie is research project leader in the Western Forestry Research Center of the Weyerhaeuser Company.

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Crops should be energy- and water-efficient, well adapted to marginal lands, suited to intensive culture, and productive of marketable food, fibre, and other useful products. This book introduces a variety of new crop species that display exceptional promise in these areas.

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