Agricultural productivism, cosmopolitan plant-breeding, and the severed roots of agroecological thought
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DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1962476
Abstract: This article provides a historical account of the emergence of crop ecology, a precursor of modern agroecology, in the twentieth century. It focuses on the transnational career of agronomist Ioanni... read more here.
Keywords: productivism cosmopolitan; agroecology; agricultural productivism; breeding severed ... See more keywords
Assessing Specialized Metabolite Diversity in the Cosmopolitan Plant Genus Euphorbia L.
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00846
Abstract: Coevolutionary theory suggests that an arms race between plants and herbivores yields increased plant specialized metabolite diversity and the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution predicts that coevolutionary interactions vary across geographic scales. Consequently, plant specialized… read more here.
Keywords: plant; diversity; plant genus; cosmopolitan plant ... See more keywords