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The Botany of Desire : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Botany of Desire
''The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World '' is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan. Pollan presents case studies that mirror four types of human desires that are reflected in the way that we selectively grow, breed, and genetically engineer our plants. The tulip beauty, marijuana intoxication, the apple sweetness and the potato control. The stories range from the true story of Johnny Appleseed to Pollan's first-hand research with sophisticated marijuana hybrids in Amsterdam to the paradigm-shifting possibilities of genetically engineered potatoes. Pollan also discusses the limitations of monoculture agriculture: specifically, the adoption in Ireland of a single breed of potato (the Lumper) made the Irish vulnerable to a fungus to which it had no resistance, resulting in the Irish Potato Famine. The Peruvians from whom the Irish had gotten the potato grew hundreds of varieties, so their exposure to any given pest was slight. ==On television== The book was used as the basis for ''The Botany of Desire'', a two-hour program broadcast by PBS.〔Lloyd, Robert. ("The Botany of Desire" ). ''The Los Angeles Times''. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.〕〔("In Production" ). PBS International. Retrieved 28 October 2009.〕
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