Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Using this book
- Nomenclature and terminology
- Abbreviations and glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The science of plant breeding
- Part II The societal context of plant breeding
- Part III Turmoil and transition: the legacy of the 1980s
- Part IV The agbiotech paradigm
- Part V Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
- Part VI Plant breeding in the twenty-first century
- Notes
- References
- Index
Part II - The societal context of plant breeding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Using this book
- Nomenclature and terminology
- Abbreviations and glossary
- Introduction
- Part I The science of plant breeding
- Part II The societal context of plant breeding
- Part III Turmoil and transition: the legacy of the 1980s
- Part IV The agbiotech paradigm
- Part V Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
- Part VI Plant breeding in the twenty-first century
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
The fruitful pursuit of scientific truth and its application, once discovered, is not just a matter of talented individuals … These are very important, but the cultivation of science is a collective undertaking and success in it depends on an appropriate social structure. This social structure is the scientific community and its specialised institutions
Stevan Dedijer (1911–2004) Minerva- Type
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- Plant Breeding and BiotechnologySocietal Context and the Future of Agriculture, pp. 57 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007