People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity

Parallelsachtitel: People, plants, & genes
1. Verfasser: Murphy, Denis J.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xxiv, 401 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Oxford biology
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: People, plants, and genes (Print version)
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.