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History and Science of Cultivated Plants
History and Science of Cultivated Plants narrates how humans transitioned from foragers to farmers and have arrived at present-day industrial agriculture-based civilization. It entails myths, historical accounts, and scientific concepts to describe how human efforts have shaped and produced easier to grow, larger, tastier, and more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains from wild plants.
- Author
- Sushma Naithani
- Publisher
- Oregon State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 8 sections
- 01: Chapters
- 1.01: The Origins of Agriculture
- 1.02: The Origins of Crop Plants
- 1.03: Colonial Agriculture
- 1.04: Cataloging Classification and Deliberate Hybridizations
- 1.05: The Early History of Genetics
- 1.06: Genetic Improvement in Cereal Crops and the Green Revolution
- 1.07: Genetically Engineered Crops