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Plant evolution and the origin of crop species / James F. Hancock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hancock, James F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crops--Evolution.
- Crops.
- Crops--Origin.
- Plants--Evolution.
- Plants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The key features of this fully revised edition include: a description of the evolution of native and cultivated populations of plants; a review of when and where major crops were domesticated; and a discussion of the subsequent development of crops.
- Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; 1 Chromosome Structure and Genetic Variability; 2 Assortment of Genetic Variability; 3 The Multifactorial Genome; 4 Polyploidy and Gene Duplication; 5 Speciation; 6 The Origins of Agriculture; 7 The Dynamics of Plant Domestication; 8 Cereal Grains; 9 Protein Plants; 10 Starchy Staples and Sugars; 11 Fruits, Vegetables, Oils and Fibres; 12 Postscript: Germ-plasm Resources; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-305).
- ISBN:
- 9786610866403
- 9781280866401
- 1280866403
- 9780851998749
- 0851998747
- OCLC:
- 437182357
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