Evolution of Crop Plants [Hardcover]

Joseph Smartt (Author), Norman Simmonds (Author)

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Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd Edition edition (5 Jun 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0582086434
ISBN-13: 978-0582086432
Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 19.8 x 3.6 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,230,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The second edition of this classic volume provides comprehensive coverage of over one hundred of the world′s major economically significant crop plants and their wild ancestors. The crops featured range from cereals to tropical staples, beans and pulses, vegetables, fruits, cash crops, oil crops and spices. Information on crop evolution is vital in the current effort to understand and conserve biodiversity, and provide a basis for the improvement of plant species. The second edition takes into account the rapid advances made in this field with the advent of new molecular techniques and our ever growing understanding of genetics. Evolution of Crop Plants is an excellent resource for plant breeders and biotechnologists, seed producers, plant pathologists and researchers in agriculture, crop evolution and conservation. For each crop, the book includes a detailed examination of:

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

very useful survey at a hefty price 28 July 2000

By Jay H. Jones - Published on Amazon.com

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The information contained in this book is very useful. Most of the important crop plants are included. It will serve well as a source for the ethnobotany course I teach as well as for researchers in fields as diverse as agriculture and archeology.

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