People, plants, and genes
Murphy, Denis J.
People, plants, and genes the story of crops and humanity / [electronic resource] : People, plants, & genes Denis J. Murphy. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xxiv, 401 p. : ill. - Oxford biology . - Oxford biology. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index.
Early human societies and their plants -- Plant management and agriculture -- How some people became farmers -- Plant genomes -- Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication -- The domestication of cereal crops -- The domestication of non-cereal crops -- People and the emergence of crops -- Agriculture : a mixed blessing -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : I The Near East -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : II south and east Asia -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : III Africa, Europe, and the Americas -- Crop management in the classical and medieval periods -- Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding -- Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders -- Agricultural improvement in modern times -- The future of agriculture and humanity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA728203 bnb
Uk
Crops.
Crops--Genetics.
Plant biotechnology.
Electronic books.
SB106.B56 / M87 2007eb
630
People, plants, and genes the story of crops and humanity / [electronic resource] : People, plants, & genes Denis J. Murphy. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xxiv, 401 p. : ill. - Oxford biology . - Oxford biology. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index.
Early human societies and their plants -- Plant management and agriculture -- How some people became farmers -- Plant genomes -- Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication -- The domestication of cereal crops -- The domestication of non-cereal crops -- People and the emergence of crops -- Agriculture : a mixed blessing -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : I The Near East -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : II south and east Asia -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : III Africa, Europe, and the Americas -- Crop management in the classical and medieval periods -- Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding -- Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders -- Agricultural improvement in modern times -- The future of agriculture and humanity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA728203 bnb
Uk
Crops.
Crops--Genetics.
Plant biotechnology.
Electronic books.
SB106.B56 / M87 2007eb
630