Hybrid: The History & Science of Plant Breeding

by Noel Kingsbury

Book Overview

Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark back to a more innocent time, to visions of succulent red tomatoes plucked straight from the vine, gleaming orange carrots pulled from loamy brown soil, swirling heads of green lettuce basking in the sun.

With Hybrid, Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary perfect foods are themselves far from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226437132
• ISBN13: 9780226437132
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"