The Green Revolution (History, Impact And Future)

Foreword, Preface 1) Origin and Advance of Traditional Agriculture, First Farming Villages, Hypotheses on Origin, Genetically Gifted Individuals, Selection Pressures on Domesticated Plants, Adaptive Radiation and the Golden Age of Landraces, Hybridisation and Heredity, Early Concepts of Crop Nutrition : The Age of Organic Manures Saving Crops from Diseases and Pests Ancient and Traditional Irrigation Practices Traditional Farm Implements, Scientific Discoveries Paved the Way for Modern Agriculture 2) Mendel's Discoveries and Scientific Plant Breeding, Segregation of genes, Independent Assortment of Genes, Significance of Mendel's Discoveries for Plant Breeding, Multiple Alleles, Phenotype and Genotype, Role of the Environment, genes for Quantitative Traits 3) The Advent of Inorganic Fertilisers, Liebig and the Advent of Inorganic Fertilisers, Soil Fertility and Cropping Systems, The Rothamsted Experiments, Development of Fertiliser Industry, Micronutrients 4) Pest and Disease Management, Advent of Pesticides, Organic Pesticides, Scientists in Organic Pesticide Research, Chemicalisation of Agriculture and the Environment, The Balance Sheet, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 5) Modern Systems of Irrigation, On-farm Management, Modern Methods, Irrigation Works, Growing Role of Irrigation Pumps in, Developing Countries 6) New Farm Machines, The Advent of Tractor, The Combine Harvester, Tractor in Developing Countries 7) Transition To Modern Agriculture, Traditional vs. Modern Agriculture, Early Impact of Modern Agriculture, Hybrid Maize, Sugarcane, The Scientific Breakthrough in Improvement of Sugarcane, New Methods, Crosses at Java and Barbados, Coimbatore Contributions, Potato, Improvement of Potato, Transformation into a Temperate Crop, Introgression of Genes from Wild Species, Re-tropicalisation and Extension of Potato to Developing Countries, The Developing Countries Turnaround for the Modernisation Process 8) A Breakthrough In Wheat Yields, The Green Revolution Technology, Tenetic Improvement of Wheat, Wheat Research in India, The Yield Barrier, The Fertiliser Response, Scientists Identify a New Research Priority, The European Experience, The Advent of Semidwarf Spring Wheats, Evolution of Norin 10, Norin 10 Moves to the Americas, Evolution of Gaines, The Mexican Wheat Improvement Programme, Norman E. Borlaug's Semidewarf Spring Wheats, India's First Brush with the Semidwarf Wheat Vareities, Review by Senior Wheat Scientists, Borlaug's India Visit, Wider Testing, Evaluation and Release, Government's New Policy, Reorganisation of Agricultural Research, National Demonstrations of Semidwarf Wheat Varieties, Bulk Import of Seeds From Mexico, Team of scientists Visits Mexico, Pricing Policy, Indian Wheat Scientists Takeover, The All-India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project, The Coordinators, Borlaug's Advance Generation Breeding Material, A New Generation of Wheat Varieties, Wheat Breeders in the Coordinated Project, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, State Agricultural Universities, released Varieties in Summary, Genetic Gains, Seed Multiplication Programme, Multilines and Diversification, Homeostasis and Broad Adaptation, Norin 10 Genes and Their Yield Advantage, Wide Adaptation of Mexican Semidewarfs, Genetic Analysis of Dwarfing genes, Molecular Expression of Dwarfing Genes, The Multi-disciplinary Approach, Agronomic Management of the Semidwarf Wheat Varieties, Management of Diseases, Epidemiology of the rust Fungi, Race Nomenclature and Maintenance, Identification of Durable Resistance, Mapping the Migration of Fungal Spores, From Shortage to Surplus, Beyond India, Genes of Green Revolution, Plan-type Genes and Reverse Evolution, Akakomughi, A Forgotton Dwarf Landrace of Japanese Origin, CIMMYT's Continuing Contributions, A Retructured Wheat Genome, IB/IR Translocation, A Global Center 9) The Rice Revolution, Origin and Evolution of Rice, Genetic Improvement of Rice in India, Pureline Selections, The FAO report, Th

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