The Viking in the wheat field : a scientist's struggle to preserve the world's harvest /: a scientist's struggle to preserve the world's harvest. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Scientist's struggle to preserve the world's harvest
• Further Information: Note: Susan Dworkin.
• Other Names: Dworkin, Susan
• Contents: The expedition to America -- The heirs of Borlaug -- The marriage of wheat and rye -- Where the wheat begins -- Save everything! -- The proactive gene bank -- The slippery seeds of Tibet -- An array of tools -- Hamlet and Mercutio -- Dracula -- The pea under the princess.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 333.95/3416; Science -- Environmental Science; Wheat -- Germplasm resources; Germplasm resources, Plant; Gene banks, Plant; Gene banks, Plant; Germplasm resources, Plant; Wheat -- Germplasm resources; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; Science: general issues; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802719775; 0802719775
• Related ISBNs: 0802717403; 9780802717405; 9780802778109; 0802778100
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.