People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity /
Murphy, Denis J.
People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity / Denis J. Murphy - xxiv, 401 p. : il. ; 26 cm. - Oxford biology .
Incluye referencia bibliográfica: p. 288-390 e índice
Contenido: 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.
0199207143 (pbk : alk. paper) 9780199207138 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780199207145 (pbk : alk. paper)
BIOTECNOLOGIA VEGETAL
CULTIVOS
GENETICA
630 / M87 2007
People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity / Denis J. Murphy - xxiv, 401 p. : il. ; 26 cm. - Oxford biology .
Incluye referencia bibliográfica: p. 288-390 e índice
Contenido: 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.
0199207143 (pbk : alk. paper) 9780199207138 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780199207145 (pbk : alk. paper)
BIOTECNOLOGIA VEGETAL
CULTIVOS
GENETICA
630 / M87 2007