New crops for the new world / edited by Charles Morrow Wilson.
| Author/creator | Wilson, Charles Morrow editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : The Macmillan company, 1945. |
| Description | viii, 295 pages : 32 plates on 16 leaves ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction, by C. M. Wilson.--The undeveloped field of tropical fruits, by Wilson Popenoe.--Maize in the new world, by Edgar Anderson.--The fashioning of livestock breeds, by A. O. Rhoad.--Palm oils and waxes, by Miriam L. Bomhard.--Rubber returns to Latin America, by W. N. Bangham.--Cinchona, the "fever tree," by Wilson Popenoe.--Drug and medicinal crops, by E. C. Higbee and Atherton Lee.--Biological control of insect pests, by C. P. Clausen.--Forest resources of tropical America, by Arthur Bevan.--Silks from South America, by G. E. Adames.--Bamboos in the new world, by Atherton Lee.--Peppers for the Americas, by A. T. Erwin.--Flowers for the new world, by B. Y. Morrison.--Cane sugar production, by P. Honig.--Introducing American plants to the Americas, by B. Y. Morrison.--Launching new crops for the Americas, by V. C. Dunlap. |
| General note | "First printing." |
| Other title | Crops for the new world. |
| LCCN | agr45000341 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | SB111 .W63 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |