Research Catalog

Title

Seeds of the earth : the Vavilov Institute / Mario Del Curto.

Author

Del Curto, Mario

Publication

• Berne : Till Schaap, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

Vavilov Institute, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 map, portraits; 31 cm

Summary

Discovering the institute in Saint Petersburg was a mind-changing revelation. How can we continue to ignore such a wealth of knowledge and the vital role played by this institute and others like it throughout the world? How can we neglect the fact that future world food supplies will depend on our ability to preserve the genetic memory of plants? How is it possible that a man of Vavilov's calibre and his contribution to understanding biodiversity have been forgotten? In a spirit of open-mindedness, he not only sought knowledge in the most distant regions and countries, but also encouraged the multiplication of seed banks and exchanges between concerned scientists everywhere. Such questions were more than sufficient to justify the publication of this book, as a homage to Nikolai Vavilov and all those who follow his agronomical vision and universalist views. They are the ones who, day after day, be it in laboratories or in the fields, keep his memory alive / Mario Del Curto"--P. [2].

Subjects

• Trees > Seedlings > Pictorial works
• Pictorial works
• Trees > Seeds
• Vavilov, N. I (Nikolaĭ Ivanovich), 1887-1943
• Seeds > Storage > Pictorial works
• Soil seed banks > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works.

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

• 9783038280811
• 303828081X

OCLC

• on1031714684
• 1031714684
• SCSB-9572090

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries