To anyone who is concerned about the environment, it is obvious that all is not well with modern crop husbandry. Pests and diseases are destroying about one fifth of all crop production, despite the use of crop protection chemicals which in some cases has increased nearly tenfold since World War II.
This book uses plain English to clearly explain the science and techniques used to breed crops for pest and disease resistance. Despite being a somewhat complicated and technical topic, any intelligent reader should easily be able to understand the principles involved, and use them for breeding programs of their own.
For those who care about the world food supply, and the pollution of our food and our environment with chemical pesticides, this is what is needed to put things right.