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Abstract
The new biology of the 1990s
will integrate ecology and molecular
biology in the service of agriculture.
This new biology will surprise
us. It will not present us with a cornucopia
of genetically engineered
chimeras. Nor will it present a
plethora of chemically dependent
cultivars, fragile in absence of
expensive support systems.
Instead, the new biology of the
1990s, grounded in ecological principles
and deepened with new
genetic insights, will make it possible
to develop an agricultural production
system that is more sustaining
than it is today.