And before we condem Lysenko too thoroghly we should look at ourselves. In my country whole regions, once food baskets, are in danger of being retired because

And before we condem Lysenko too thoroghly we should look at ourselves. In my country whole regions, once food baskets, are in danger of being retired because of the "...the agriculture revolution of modern day..." Build-ups of toxic chemicals in the soil from synthetic fertilisers are building up to levels where milk from cows grazed on the grass is not fit for human consumption Lysenko was a unfortunate fool, a man of his time. But we are not much better for all our "science". Yes he got genetics wrong, but the "green revolution" that ignored soil structure and microbial life has gotten things just as wrong