Agronomy: FIVE CROP RESEARCHERS WHO COULD CHANGE THE WORLD

被引:13
作者
Marris, Emma
Dodds, Peter [1 ]
Glover, Jerry [2 ]
Hibberd, Julian [3 ]
Zhang, Jianhua [4 ]
Sayre, Richard [5 ]
机构
[1] CSIRO, Div Plant Ind, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
[2] Land Inst, Salina, KS USA
[3] Univ Cambridge, Cambridge, England
[4] Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[5] Donald Danforth Plant Sci Ctr, Enterprise Rentacar Inst Renewable Fuels, St Louis, MO USA
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D O I
10.1038/456563a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The current crisis in worldwide food prices reinforces the need for more productive agriculture. Emma Marris meets five ambitious scientists determined to stop the world from going hungry.
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页码:563 / 568
页数:6
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