This article describes the wheat-breeding work of Italian agronomist Nazareno Strampelli, who was first to cross Japanese and western wheat varieties develop high-yielding semidwarf wheat. The environmental agricultural conditions that motivated Strampelli's breeding, evolution his varieties, their role in addressing food supply problems Fascist Italy, some attitudes about improvement regime in...

Author Affiliations: Full Text Word Count: ISSN: Accession Number: Database: Record: 1 BOUNDARIES FOR A HEALTHY PLANET. Foley, Jonathan Scientific American; Apr2010, Vol. 302 Issue 4, p54-57, 4p Article *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation -Prevention *NATURE -Effect of human beings on *OCEAN acidification *CLIMATIC changes -Environmental aspects *WEALTH *ENVIRONMENTAL aspects *GREEN Revolution *INDUSTRI...