The Diversity of Crop Plants

✍ Scribed by J. G. Hawkes

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Leaves: 192
Edition: Reprint 2014
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
1. The Nature of Cultivated Plants
2. The Origins of Agriculture
3. The Study of Crop Plant Evolution and Dispersal
4. The Evidence of Crop Plant Diversity
5. The Value of Diversity to the Breeder
6. The Exploration and Storage of Crop Plant Diversity
7. Global Strategies for Conserving and Utilizing the Genetic Heritage of Plants
Appendix. Abbreviations of Organizations. References. Index
Appendix. IBPCR Revised Priorities for Crops and Regions (Including, with the Name of the Crop, Wild and Cultivated Genera and Species). (IBPGR, 1981b)
Abbreviations of Organizations
References
Index

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