A dying breed

Jonathan Knight

Nature, 2003, vol. 421, issue 6923, 568-570

Abstract: Public-sector research into classical crop breeding is withering, supplanted by 'sexier' high-tech methods. But without breeders' expertise, molecular-genetic approaches might never bear fruit. Jonathan Knight reports.

Date: 2003
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