People, plants, and genes
Subtitle: the story of crops and humanity
By: Denis J. Murphy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199207145; 9780199207138
Subjects: Crops; Crops -- Genetics; Plant biotechnology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early human societies and their plants; title: Plant management and agriculture; title: How some people became farmers; title: Plant genomes; title: Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication; title: The domestication of cereal crops; title: The domestication of non-cereal crops; title: People and the emergence of crops; title: Agriculture: a mixed blessing; title: Evolution of agrourban cultures: I The Near East; title: Evolution of agrourban cultures: II South and East Asia; title: Evolution of agrourban cultures: III Africa, Europe, and the Americas; title: Crop management in the classical and medieval periods; title: Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding; title: Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders; title: Agricultural improvement in modern times; title: The future of agriculture and humanity.