Biodiversity Important to Ag, UC Davis Researchers Find
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Channel: UC Davis · 2008 · Science & Technology
Biodiversity -- using and conserving a variety of plant and animal species -- is vitally important to agriculture, says UC Davis plant scientist Paul Gepts. He points out that about 50 percent of the yield increases so far have come from the use of biodiversity — genes for higher yields, genes for disease resistance and so on. NewsWatch 2008
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