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

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

Denis J. Murphy

Publication Data

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.

Topics

Catalogue Data

ISBD

Buy a copy

OBNB doesn't sell books, but you may be able to find a copy at one of these websites:

People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity by Denis J. Murphy. ISBN 9780199207145. Published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

obnb.uk is a Good Stuff website.