Darwin''s Harvest - New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution, and Conservation of Crops

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Timothy J. Motley! Nyree Zerega! and Hugh Cross Klappentext Darwin's Harvest addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. With contributions from evolutionary biologists! geneticists! agronomists! molecular biologists! and anthropologists! this collection discusses how economic development! loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors! and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation. Drawing on the most up-to-date data! the contributors review the utilization of molecular techniques to understand crop evolution. They explore current research on various crop plants of both temperate and tropical origin! including maize! sunflower! avocado! sugarcane! and wheat. The chapters in Darwin's Harvest also provide solid background for understanding many recent discoveries concerning the origins of crops and the influence of human migration and farming practices on the genetics of our modern foods. Zusammenfassung Addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. This book discusses how economic development! loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors! and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation.

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• Authors: Timothy Motley, Timothy J. (EDT)/ Zerega Motley, Timothy J. Zerega Motley, Timothy Zerega Motley
• Assisted by: Hugh Cross (Editor), Cross Hugh (Editor), Timothy Motley (Editor), Timothy J. Motley (Editor), Nyree Zerega (Editor), Nyree (Director Zerega (Editor), Professor Nyree Zerega (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2006
• EAN: 9780231133166
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13316-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Agronomy & crop production, Agronomy and crop production, Evolution / Evolutionary biology