Inevitable decay: Debates over climate, food security, and plant heredity in nineteenth-century Britain
Climate change and the failure of crops are significant but overlooked events in the history of heredity. Bad weather and dangerously low harvests provided momentum and urgency for answers to questions about how best to improve and acclimatize staple varieties. In the 1790s, a series of crop failure...
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Springer
2018
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