Guida d'Italia

• Record Nr.: UNINA990003282150403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Novara : Istituto geografico De Agostini, 1995
• ISBN: 88-402-9449-4
• Descrizione fisica: pp.714
• Disciplina: 046.003
• Locazione: DECGE
• Collocazione: 046.003.GUI.01
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Plant evolution and the origin of crop species [[electronic resource] /] / James F. Hancock

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780317503321
• Autore: Hancock James F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2004
• ISBN: 1-280-86640-3; 9786610866403; 0-85199-874-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 633
• Soggetti: Crops - Evolution; Crops - Origin; Plants - Evolution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-305).
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Introduction; 1 Chromosome Structure and Genetic Variability; ; 2 Assortment of Genetic Variability; 3 The Multifactorial Genome; 4 Polyploidy and Gene Duplication; 5 Speciation; 6 The Origins of Agriculture; 7 The Dynamics of Plant Domestication; 8 Cereal Grains; 9 Protein Plants; 10 Starchy Staples and Sugars; 11 Fruits, Vegetables, Oils and Fibres; 12 Postscript: Germ-plasm Resources; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The key features of this fully revised edition include: a description of the evolution of native and cultivated populations of plants; a review of when and where major crops were domesticated; and a discussion of the subsequent development of crops.