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Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability 1

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First green revolution(developed countries)Second green revolution(developing countries)Major international agriculturalresearch centers <strong>and</strong> seed banksFigure 14-4 Countries whose crop yields per unit of l<strong>and</strong> area increased during the two green revolutions. Thefirst (blue) took place in developed countries between 1950 <strong>and</strong> 1970; the second (green) has occurred since1967 in developing countries with enough rainfall or irrigation capacity. Several agricultural research centers<strong>and</strong> gene or seed banks (red dots) play a key role in developing high-yield crop varieties.International Rice Research Institute, ManilaFigure 14-5 Solutions: highyield,semidwarf variety of ricecalled IR-8 (left), developed aspart of the second green revolution.Crossbreeding two parentstrains of rice produced it:PETA from Indonesia (center)<strong>and</strong> DGWG from China (right).The shorter <strong>and</strong> stiffer stalksof the new variety allow theplants to support larger headsof grain without toppling over<strong>and</strong> increase the benefit ofapplying more fertilizer.http://biology.brookscole.com/miller14277

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