- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 401 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Oxford biology
- Uniform Title
- People, plants, and genes (Online)
- Alternative Title
- People, plants, and genes (Online)
- People, plants, & genes
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2007016917
- OCLC
- ssj0000088696
- Author
Murphy, Denis J.
- Title
People, plants, and genes [electronic resource] : the story of crops and humanity / Denis J. Murphy.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Series
Oxford biology
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Cover Title
People, plants, & genes