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January 1984 Issue
January 1984 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Dark Valley Destiny
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Somme
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Night Cats
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Art of Limning
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Foggage
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • All the Empty Palaces
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Trouble Amid Plenty

A failure to pursue basic plant science may imperil the pre-eminence of American agriculture

By Stephen Budiansky
January 1984 Issue
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